Re: Re: [SLUG] Australian government to censor your internets

Guys, there is no point discussing technical stuff regarding filtering. I
think we all agree that there are should be no filtering whatsoever. Let's
summarize our arguments:

Filtering is wrong because

   - Censorship should never be introduced because of possible misuse for
   political reasons.
   - It is immoral to censor adult's access to information without their
   consent. (No plebiscite planed, they have already decided) Where are people
   who support the idea? So far I see only neutral people who do not care (or
   just ignorant and do not understand) and those who think its worthless,
   stupid and wrong.
   - It's not the government responsibility to "protect" us from
   information. Where is the evidence such protection needed? (Excuse me, I've
   been actively using internet for 14 years and I've never seen child porn. I
   must admin I've never looked for it but it's certainly not a threat for
   public. Censorship is.)
   - There are already examples of censorship. (links to legitimate sites,
   anti-abortion site, suicide instructions, etc in list of banned URLs on
   wikileaks) (I didn't know suicide is illegal in Australia. Is there are
   penalty for this? ;) If I would consider abortion I would like to know
   everything about it, not only what is nice and approved by government. Who
   they think they are to decide?
   - It is humiliating for public. It's a shame we going to gave this in
   Australia.
   - Shouldn't we respect freedom and protect it? Australia
   is amazingly cross-cultural, why christian fundamentalist took the liberty
   to decide for everyone?
   - It is a waste of taxpayer's money. Don't we have better ideas what to
   spend it for? No other problems? This funding could improve life and/or
   health of many people. We could spend more for protecting environment, to
   build wind/solar farms, to invest into research, you name it. Very stupid
   decision to spend money for the least of all problems.

Anyone please add something, say it better. I'm obviously lacking eloquence.
We need ideas to put on paper and send to our MPs.


It would be also nice to put survey somwhere. Something like do you support
filtering [Yes/No]?

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