Comments on: Mandatory filtering gets international coverage

By: Stevian

Stevian — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:28:11 +0000

Lars. What is your solution? Lock everyone up in a cell, “for their own protection” of course.

By: Lars Backman

Lars Backman — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:41:38 +0000

In old days we used to build walls around our cities and countries because the world outside was big and violent.
To day it is not the way to do it.
To day we have to attack those who produce and deliver filth and put them in prison.
Laws like these are like handing a loaded gun to a crook and telling him it is OK because it is us who have to protect ourselves against him.
In Finland we have had the same stupid reaction bye the government.
I do not know how that legislation is doing to day, but I hope it is dead bye now.
Laws like these are like asking us to lock down our mailbox because we cannot trust the government to restrict the press from producing child porn and other filth.

By: Pete Farrow

Pete Farrow — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:30:23 +0000

I don’t see electric drills being banned because you might use it to drill a hole in yours or someone elses head?

This nanny state crap about blocking things that could be used in the wrong way is mindless and stupid.

Next money will be banned so that bank robbers will be out of work.

By: GZ

GZ — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:11:27 +0000

Please don’t let this happen. If it does it will only be a brief matter of time before one of our more corrupt politicians introduces an out-right wide-sweeping ban here in the US. We’re already on the that path.

If you fall, we fall.
G

By: martin english

martin english — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 06:43:00 +0000

Readers of Cory Doctorow’s “Little Brother” may recognise some of these tips (and you will recognise the name they’re under….)

http://www.google.com/reader/shared/user/00907783891347362261/label/w1n5t0n

By: Sean the Blogonaut

Sean the Blogonaut — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 06:12:28 +0000

Hey I got a letter back from the Department of Broadband, three pages long on my concerns. I have yet to go through it and remove the spin.

By: Colin

Colin — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 04:42:31 +0000

Slashdot: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/17/066236

By: Colin

Colin — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:37:00 +0000

Also a comment by Cory Doctorow on BoingBoing: http://www.boingboing.net/2008/10/15/australias-great-fir.html

I expect more and more international attention as time goes by.

By: LB

LB — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:46:18 +0000

I’m doing an assignment on drugs and their negative impact on society. Unfortunately, due to the fact that I can’t search up terms like “marijuana” or “heroin” I can’t complete my assignment because I can’t research the FACTS and not the myths associated with each respective drug.

Thanks a lot, Australian Government. Not only have you accomplished NOTHING, but you’ve actually REVERSED the impact you initially set out to achieve.

By introducing mandatory filtering, you’re dumbing down the nation even further and you’ve removed any chance of our children learning about what is right and what is wrong.

By: Shane

Shane — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:29:25 +0000

Hi Mike, I’ve been trying to get the Australian media to write about this but like you said they all remain silent. I started sending the story out to international sites and got a little bit of momentum going.