They're actually trying to
censor the internet in
Australia. This is
mind bogglingly stupid. When I read this
I laughed and laughed and then gagged on my tongue as I realised that
this is being implemented as we speak. This is a prime example of
action fuelled by ignorance
This was
proposed by Senator
Brian Harradine. I'd just like to add right here that if you see him on the street naked being
beaten by
a pit full of horny, four breasted, bisexual women from Pluto with
old burnt out tape drives it is your
moral duty to
walk right past.
He is an
asshole. Harradine's motivation for internet censorship are based around preventing minors from accessing
naughty material. Now this is an honorable idea, and I
applaud. But this is also
impossible. Any
self respecting technie knows that. If Harradine had done his job and
considered the
technical plausibility of this
everybody would be happier, instead of being a
waste of taxpayer money. In essence, internet censorship is similar to getting the
national postal service to check everybodies mail for bombs or offensive material - it's either
impractical, a
violation of privacy, or both.
Even the CSIRO, one of Australias leading
scientific and
industrial research bodies, released a report stating the technical impossibility of this.