[LINK] Crikey: The lies of the internet censors: Your. Filter. Won’t. Work.

[Stilgherrian]

I've just had a piece published in Crikey, NOT behind the paywall so  
it's free for all to read.

     http://www.crikey.com.au/Politics/20081217-The-dishonesty-of-internet-censorship-proponents-.html
     or
     http://is.gd/c4f8

     Gloves-off time. The purveyors of pervasive internet censorship
     -- handful that they are -- have burned their goodwill. It's time
     to call them out on their lies and demand to know why they're
     not advocating the real solutions to child sexual abuse.

     Bernadette McMenamin of ChildWise, you've crossed the line,
     defaming everyone who's protested the government's plans. "Most of
     these people are not fully aware of the facts and secondly, those
     who are aware are, in effect, advocating child pornography," you
     said. How dare you!

     Ms McMenamin, to really stop child abuse we need to spend our
     resources efficiently. Let's run through it one more time. And
     let's skip those hysterical, made-up "statistics" you still peddle.
     Child abuse is bad enough without heading into your paranoid
     fantasyland.

     ....

There's plenty of linkage to the source material.

Stil


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