[LINK] Labor will make ISPs filter porn on Net

[Deus Ex Machina]

Rick Welykochy [rick at praxis.com.au] wrote:
> Craig Sanders wrote:
> 
> >On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 07:57:48AM +1000, Robert Hart wrote:
> >
> >>http://smh.com.au/news/National/Labor-will-make-ISPs-block-net-porn/2006/03/21/1142703333305.html
> >>
> >>  Labor's plan to protect children from online pornography and graphic
> >>  violence has been backed by family groups, but dismissed by the
> >>  government and internet industry.
> >
> >
> >here we go. yet another round of politicians pretending to be "tough on
> ><insert bad thing here>" in order to seduce the votes of single-issue
> >nutcases.
> >
> >there's even less hope of blocking porn on the net than there is of
> >blocking the supply of drugs in the real world. which is what makes
> >drugs and porn such good targets, i suppose - no fear that those
> >bogeymen will ever be vanquished.
> 
> Who is in a position to pin down Beaeeeeeeeeezly and request an irrefutable
> demonstration of porn filters at work?
> 
> This style of grandstanding is easy to either prove as doable or refute as
> snake oil. That is, if the truth wants to be known. I have lost all hope in
> Old Labor in this regard ... bring on New Labor ASAP!

NEW labor is indistinguishable from conservatives. welcome to the fold.

> BTW: The TV coverage of this story last night showed a child typing
> the word "sex" into google. How risible. As well, Mr Beazly's crew
> presented the ISP filter as something adults could opt-into if
> they wanted full internet coverage. This kind of thinking is as morally
> bankrupt as Howard's ban on johnhowardpm.org. Even if it were
> possible to implement the filtering as described, the filter should
> be opt-in. Broader Internet communications must be the default in
> a free and open democracy. What is Beazly thinking?

that he hasnt got a single policy that anyone can get excited about and
maybe he might bargain with the family first senators to maybe possible
in his wildest dreams block any bit of government legistlation and make
it look like they are not completely and utterly impotent as a federal party
before all the tradesmen that vote for him become well off
enough that they would rather take a bullet to the head rather then 
vote for a bunch of watered down communists? other then that I dont know. :)

Vic