Internet censorship plan gets the green light

[owyndevaldeck]

I feel for the Aussies here. From what I can figure you basically have two options, since the tenets of democracy don't work in your country, see Michael Atkinson, you can either just let them censor your internet or you can get off your beaches/stop going to work/school/sitting around playing video games and protest your government. Get your asses up the capital building or whatever you have in Aussie-land and tell them you will not eat until they stop censoring your internet, give you a +18 rating and start treating you like adults. Fuck I know that doing nothing about anything is convenient but in the words of a great man "this shit will not stand". Seriously.

yeah, lets throw a tantrum until they treat us like grown ups

 

[gmacarthur81]

Oh FFS !!
Great, just great. You know this wont be the end of it.
This just sets the precedent and allows all sort of new bullshit laws to come in.

Where will it end now ?!

Ever read 1984 by George Orwell? My guess would be somewhere around there.

 

[killaconcarnage]

hmmmmmm we could attack the government with the freedom of speech law

 

[Lordpils]

There needs to be a revoltion in that country. I really feel for you guys.

"pound chest"

FREE GAMERS UNITE

Free Gamers is a nice title for yourselves, I would definately consider starting a movement in Austrailia using that name if I were you.

 

[Syndef]

I must admit, I never saw this coming. Especially in Australia. We thought you guys were the laid-back types!

 

[owyndevaldeck]

(P.S. excuse the slippery slope fallacy, it won't go that bad but my enter score fell just short of what i needed and im in a shit mood ....i need a hug...)

The slippery slope argument is only a fallacy if you treat the end of the slope as inevitable. Treat is as opening a door to a potential and more likely outcome and it becomes effective. The point is that a principle has been broken, and that means that there is one fewer effective barriers against what is at the bottom of the slope.

i was trying to portray it as such, i was in the mood for extreme ranting see what this government has brought me to!! :'(

 

[SirDeadly]

QUICK START DOWNLOADING!!!

 

[Brett Alex]

hmmmmmm we could attack the government with the freedom of speech law

Except that it doesn't exist. Freedom of Speech is only 'implied' within the Constitution, unlike England or US where it is implicitly stated.

Beginning to think that may have been a bad idea...

 

[Mr. GameBrain]

(Sorry! Just couldn't resist! XD)

 

[DragonsAteMyMarbles]

That's...
But...
I can't...
ARGH!
Now the search is on for a suitable profanity for this whole situation.
It'd have to be extremely polysyllabic.

 

[Serge A. Storms]

Y'all can move to Nebraska if you want. We're not using it.

 

[TimeLord]

I live in China, I have for the past 6 years. Internet censoring sucks. Youtube and Facebook are both blocked here, and so are all the porn sites. Government controls most of the stuff that goes through. Wikipedia regularly gets blocked as well.

If western countries are going to start this bullshit as well I'm going to get veeeery pissed.

may i ask, why would you Willingly live in communist China o_o

China wont let him leave!!

 

[VinnyKings]

Fuck! Not this shit! Even thought I don't look at bestiality I would liek the option to. Fuck man we are gonna become a communistic (is that a word) piece of shit! ARRRRGGH This is why the government here is made up of a bunch of hicks they don't know a cow from a car. I'm gonna move out of this shit hole and to some place like Canada. At least they have chicken...

 

[Zanakanishi]

Well, thats why I have a list of japanese and english IP adresses, nothing will EVER get banned in japan or england. I'm safe from the vengeful wrath of the government. try and block my porn you fools I will allways be ahead *muhahahaha* etc. etc.

 

[TOGSolid]

My condolences Australia.

Though everyone should realize that this will only spread. Especially when Acta goes through and everyone realizes how easy it is to pull off massive policy laundering.

 

[Wyes]

So much for Operation Didgeridie.