Now New Zealand is making fun of us because of our looming clean feed. They’ve even reminded us that ex Tasmanian Senator Paul Calvert once said you have only got to press P on the Internet to get porn.
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4 Responses to “New Zealand talks Aussie clean feed”
I’m highly disappointed. I put “P” into Google and got “phosphorus” instead of porn. But I hear this stuff can explode (phosphorus, not porn), so kids searching for porn might discover this stuff and start letting off of explosions, so let’s ban this stuff too.
What’s been going on this week? Nutbags galore. Between the old family advocates and the September 11 conspiracists coming out of the woodwork again this week, truly had enough of the barking insane.
By Matthew on Sep 11, 2008
Yeah same. Dirty, teasing phosphorus. Mind you, porn has also been known to cause an explosion or two.
Weeks like this where all the fruitcakes come out of the woodwork keep me busy, but they also make us realise nothing is changin.
By Mike on Sep 11, 2008
I have a special licence to make fun of Australians: I have relatives in rural Queensland.
However. Net censorship hasn’t been an issue in NZ, and we have an election coming up in November. You may yet get to make fun of us.
By Emma on Sep 12, 2008
For your sake, I sure hope we don’t get the chance.
The last thing we need is NZ pollies backing up ours.
By Mike on Sep 12, 2008