The Australian Federal Government has announced it
will introduce an amendment to the Broadcasting Services Act, which by 2011 will require
all internet service providers in the country to implement and activate filtering technology.
Yet previously they said they would Consult the public...they claim it is to protect the children, is that not the job of parents and mentors..again they strip the onus from the adults and in turn treat them as though they are the children, just in case the government forgot in their zeal to strip us of our rights.. it's called parenting.
Apparently many Minority group Parents WANT this according to the polls... However many parents are (sadly) incapable of looking after their children and expect the government to do it for them.
Oddly every parent or adult I have discussed this with categorically do NOT want it, and not ONE was aware it was even happening.. NOT one.
Should it not be opt in or out IF it is such a neccesity ?
If they knew what they were doing they would be spending tax dollers on
educating parents, children and the rest of Australia on safe browsing - rather then spending that on a filter. People who view restricted content will only be pushed underground and it will make them
less trackable, this will cause it to thrive
What are your thoughts, personally I am sick to bloody death of the government telling us what we can and can't do, particularly pertaining to matters that we as adults should be governing for ourselves.
Is this not further taking from our rights as individuals to access content, in any form of media as we see fit?
They want to censor Utube for gods sake, just to name one. Utube....
What's next? newspapers with sections blacked out? Radio announcers with set pre approved programming content beyond what it already is ?
A quote of interest...“The state must declare the child to be the most precious treasure of the people. As long as the government is perceived as working for the benefit of the children, the people will happily endure almost any curtailment of liberty and almost any deprivation.”[/i]
-Adolph Hitler (Mein Kampf)Why are so many Australians apathetic about such injustices..they foist a new tax on us every day.. we have a whinge and....let them do it, they decide to censor us and... we let them do it.., The sell off publically owned assets.......and we let them do it. I don't think anyone remembers what a referendum is.
Why does no one speak up any more, why is it just accepted?
I know I am being a tad "soapboxish" but it's just another thing in a long long LONG line of ridiculous and unjust decisions that everyone rolls over and accepts.
We are a Liberal democratic society.. thats starting to feel more and more like a dictatorship everyday.
Did you know?
The Australian Constitution can be amended
only with the approval of the electorate through a national referendum in which all adults on the electoral roll must participate. Any constitutional changes must be approved by a double majority—a national majority of electors as well as a majority of electors in a majority of the states (at least four of the six). The double majority provision makes alterations to the Constitution difficult, and since Federation in 1901 only eight out of 44 proposals to amend the Constitution have been approved.
Instead they are changing the constitution by stealth, nibbling away at it bit by bit.
Does the senator in question have an alternative and sadly more personal reason for pushing the envelope ?CANBERRA, Australia In one of the most startling revelations, Senator Stephen Conroy (Minister for Broadband and Communications of Australia) has revealed that the reason he hates the Internet so much is because he was sexually molested by it a few years ago.
This shocking news may finally shed some light on why Senator Conroy hates the Internet so much and why he is planning to single-underhandedly stop all Australians from accessing it eventually.Whilst this is very sad and he has my sympathy, is he the right person to be making such a decision given his past history and any trauma he sustained due to his terrible experience? In fact in light of his sad revelation should he BE the Minister for Broadband and Communications in this country.. or any other for that matter, is there not a HUGE conflict of interest here?
I personally do not want this to go like so many legislations before it..with a whimper and a flash of light, I want to see a Referendum on this and not one that is led predominantly by Church groups or any other "group" that have a personal agenda, but by the broad Australian public in all it's Cowering glory.
Oh and let's not forget the amount of Money that has already been thrown at it and how much more will be in the future...your tax dollars at work yet again.
Welcome to the great firewall of China ladies and gentlemen, at least Krudd will be able to translate for you.Whats next? Covet thy emails ? will the government have their sticky fingers in that next..
More illegal immigrants, higher tax, more tax, More tax on tax, tax on taxes that replaced previous tax, higher prices for basic necessities such as food and petrol and utilities, massive deficit,
more and more restriction, higher unemployment, all of this within a period of less than 3 years. So what exactly is Rudd's legacy?
We are going to be the bloody laughing stock of the developed world if this trend keeps up.
No wait.. we already are.. there is a huge media cloud over this whole fiasco, the overseas news feeds are covering it FAR more than our domestic media.
Lastly and ironically here is a Utube Must see lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THe3FDe-aD4
