Comments on: Is Conroy’s filter cooked and ready to be served?

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:00:18 +0000

“The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools” — Herbert Spencer

We are seeing this come to light now. There are people who are too stupid to realise that they aren’t doing their kids favours by feeding them crap every other day. Honestly, they should do more than keep out of the cultural side of society, but the economic one which allows jackasses like these to have kids in the first place

By: Toejam

Toejam — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:00:45 +0000

“I used to think that the government promised this to the fundies”

Just one fundie. Name of “Rudd.”

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:41:27 +0000

I agree with James above. Conroy really does believe we need to be protected from ourselves by way of the mandatory filter. I’ve been convinced for a while now that Conroy will have his filter and bugger what the rest of the country thinks, because we commoners just can’t be trusted with something as explosive as the internet. The secrecy surrounding the whole scheme, the delayed trial results, the lack of criteria by which to judge if the trials have been a success or not, the endless recycling of the same line about supporting child abuse if you’re against the filter – it’s exactly the approach taken by hardline governments everywhere. Sorry to sound extreme, but it’s called brainwashing. Conroy yet again using the tired old child abuse argument reminds me of the Vietnamese Communist Party insisting it is democratically returned with a 98% majority everytime there’s an election there. No one believes it, but when the claim is repeated often enough, and no one can scrutinize or defy the results, there’s just no other truth left.

By: james

james — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:21:29 +0000

Conroy is a true cultural warrior. All else aside, he truly believes he needs to protect people from themselves.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:08:26 +0000

” … he isn’t a stupid man (at least not when it comes to politics).”

Then what other explanation is there for comments like that. He’s certainly ended any political career he had, people don’t like being falsely accused, so he has lost a lot of votes.

By: alphamone

alphamone — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:34:35 +0000

…,

go onto australian youtube and look who is in spotlight channel.

By: Jack Tar

Jack Tar — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:38:54 +0000

Seconded.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:04:38 +0000

” … he isn’t a stupid man (at least not when it comes to politics).” – what are you basing this on?

I used to think that the government promised this to the fundies in exchange for votes, but the more it drags on and on the less likely it appears that it is a political chip and the more that it is true idiot ideology held tightly to their breasts. I think they really do believe their own baloney.