[LINK] Australian teachers advocate a China style firewall for Australian internet users

[rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au]

Well ... it hardly counts as a privileged form of expression does it?

Nor is "Ratemy whatever" an admirable outfit. Its broader activities 
tickle my "email harvester" antennae ... simply dozens of sites whose 
premise is "you can dump on your 
teacher/professor/doctor/lawyer/pub/club/vet as long as you give us your 
name and e-mail address". Oh, "ad supported" by yet more marketing 
harvesters (Freepay network, Freeipod network, "click to win!" with 
commenters working the bulletin boards saying "it's real! I won a 
<gadget>!").

For some strange reason I don't see bottom-feeders as bastions of anything.

And yes, the firewall scheme is prime stupidity, and a thin skin is more 
likely to get bruised.

RC

Michael Still wrote:
> http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/teachers-furious-at-site-that-rates-them/2007/05/02/1177788228075.html
> http://au.ratemyteachers.com/
>
> It's logical really:
>
>  - Some Australian teachers are perceived as sucking by their students
>  - The students rate them on line, thus exercising free speach
>  - The teachers can't face a life of people knowing that other people
> think they suck
>  - Teacher's federation proposes some crazy firewall scheme
>
> Hurrah!
>
> Mikal
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