Anyone who sent a letter of concern to Labor Senators and MPs about mandatory ISP filtering will likely have received the same standard form reply sent nation wide. That takes no effort and it means the Government still fail to address countless relevent and important questions about the plan over a year into its implementation.
In response, Mark Newton has created a form letter (direct PDF link) of his own that all Australian’s are free to send back. This one directly attacks the inaccuracies made in the ALP letter, but as Mark points out, if you choose to use it you’re placing yourself into a position similar to the position the MPs have chosen for themselves. Make sure you agree with what he’s written before you put your name to it.
It’s also a good place to start if you’re looking to counter Labor’s claims about filtering. Print it our and give it to friends and family still regurgitating Labor policy.
2 comments
Arved says:
Jan 23, 2009
MPs and Senators have found a way around this already. I wrote to one of my Senator’s, and they responded with the form letter, but from Conroy. There was a cover letter that said the Senator had written to Conroy and got the form letter in response, which she forwarded to me. It makes it hard to respond with the form letter, because she didn’t send it to me directly.
Mark Newton says:
Jan 26, 2009
Do the same thing in return, Arved: Send a cover letter which says, “I wrote to Mark Newton and got this form letter in response, which I am forwarding to you.”
If a politician thinks they can weasel out of this by including exactly the same content under a cover letter, there’s no reason why you can’t play the same game to make your point.