[LINK] Fwd: Just in: Conroy going ahead with censorship

Stephen Wilson swilson at lockstep.com.au
Thu Dec 17 13:32:00 AEDT 2009


Sorry but this is cynical, undergraduate nonsense. 

If there is any hope at all of engaging the government on the 
substantive issues (like freedom of speech, or efficacy or whatever) 
then what good does it do to sabotage public servants' time?  How 
seriously do you want to be taken?

Stephen Wilson
Lockstep
www.lockstep.com.au



Stilgherrian wrote:
> On 16/12/2009, at 9:27 PM, Jan Whitaker wrote:
>   
>>> <http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/GreatFirewallOfAustralia?dc=974,31107,1 
>>>       
>>>> http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/GreatFirewallOfAustralia
>>>>         
>> What's interesting about this is it can be a fax or email. Use fax.
>> It clogs up their system.
>>     
>
> However if the fax is just a standard message it'll get a re-written  
> standard response.
>
> Yesterday Crikey's Bernard Keane wrote an excellent piece explaining  
> how to ensure your letter or fax consumes the most bureaucratic  
> resources -- a denial of service attack on the public service, if you  
> like.
>
> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/16/dont-waste-your-time-waste-theirs-a-guide-to-writing-to-ministers/
> or, for people with dumb email clients
> http://is.gd/5qBDt
>
> Stil
>
>
>   




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