Trying to censor the ENTIRE Internet?

HA... good luck with that.

You've neatly distilled one of the EFA's counterpoints to the idea.

Here's another one... wanna encourage lazy parenting? This is the way to do it.

"Hey, I don't have to watch my kid when he goes online to make sure he isn't looking at porn or horrifying gore... Big Brother will do it FOR me!

Idiots.

encouraging?, i don't think parents these days need any help with that, they don't give 2 craps about what little Timmy and little Sally are doing until it impacts there life.

so why not censor the evening news too, cause that's where the biggest problem is, with all it's insane coverage of school shooting a make little rejects and outcast think ''oh wow i could do that to then they would remeber me and feel bad for how they treated me''. then they blame video game, rock music, and violent movies, oh and the internet too. it's all the news and nothing more fucking fear mongering pricks

internet is not a problem it's a cure, it's a place where you can fine like minded people that share your odd quirks and actually make some friends. yeah it's got porn and gore, so do the movies in your dads closet under the old sweaters.

anyways sorry for responding to yours but you were the one that got me started :P, so thanks. i agree with you.

I concur... the "Old Media"- television, newspapers and the like- LOVE to trump up events like Columbine and Virginia Tech, saying that video-games and the Internet are to blame... because they're pointing the finger at their competition. The more time you spend in front of a computer-terminal or game-console is less time spent in front of the TV watching their fear-mongering Must-See TV.

The trick is this- "everything in moderation." It's been proven time and again that too much of any one thing can and will be harmful. Hell... too much WATER will kill you. Potable drinking water. Wrap your mind around THAT one.

Yeah, I heard about a woman who died of water intoxication because of a radio station's 'hold your wee for a Wii' contest. :/
Semi-off-topic in my own journal, but that did make me sad.

Yeah... death by water. Who knew?

But I digress... the point is, people need to put their foot down and teach their kids when enough is enough... instead, they expect society to do their parenting FOR them.

I am not surprised in the least that Australia is trying to do this.

Australia is run by knee-jerk reactionaries.

This is true. :/

This is going to be a fiasco. If I didn't have friends in Australia I'd want to see it done just so I can watch it blow up in their face.

Wow, all I can say is: Blessed be the First Amendment, this would never fly in the US

The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Perhaps Australia should push for something similar to prevent such idiocy in the future...

An amendment on a piece of paper wouldn't stop them from infringing it.

"“When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.”

mmmhmm that's why american TV is some of the most censored TV you can watch :P, i think you can bless the fact that you have a democrat in office, cause i can bet you a million dollars if Bush saw that work in Aussie he'd say it was to keep your''freedoms'' from the evil terrorist, and i also know that My (canada's) conservetive Government would be doing the same thing.

Everything can be spun if people don't think, huh?

Vigilance is the price of freedom.

When people are not vigilant, they lose their freedoms and liberties. They shrug and say, "oh well, it doesn't effect me, right?" Or they say, "well, as long as it keeps me safe..." Few people realize that once these sweeping bans start effecting things they love or enjoy, it'll be too late for them to stop it from happening. Airsoft is already illegal in Australia, and I know a few people who loved airsoft as a hobby. It never hurt anybody, but they banned it anyway. Just like laser pointers. But no one stepped up and said anything because it wasn't -their- hobby. But now that it's the internet, people will start to question whether or not their government has their best interest at heart. It's a pity though, because even if everyone is against it, they really can't stop them, can they?

"War is Peace,
Love is Hate,
Freedom is Tyranny" -Orson Wells 1984

Someone should tell Britain and Australia that 1984 was warning, NOT a guide.

Obama isn't in office. He hasn't been inaugerated yet.

In fact, the live feed thing started a while back. Bill Clinton, a democrat, said, "I think the American people have too many personal freedoms."

It's not about Democrats or Republicans. It's about who exactly is in office. JFK, a democrat said,
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable."

I love American history. I really do. It fascinates me to no end. Every decade to me is just so rich with it's own beautiful tapestry of history. Too many people limit what they know about America to, "BUSH BAD, NO BLOOD FOR OIL." Yes. America has a bloody history. But so did Rome and Greece. And archeologists to this day still are learning about them.

But I am segueing - As I said, it is not because of a conservative or liberal government. Both sides are capable of attempting to limit personal freedoms and liberties.

wth? oh dear, so they want to turn Australia in another Cuba?

It's every politician's dream :P

wow... so true o.o

Sounds like the next china @.@ Next they will be stockpiling nukes @.@

Nah, never happen... I hope.
I mean, we have too much shoreline to defend against a conventional attack, and aren't crazy enough to actually consider using nukes... I think.

censored internet?

ok, that is by far the biggest waste of taxpayers money i've ever heard of.

nope that would be the war in Iraq ...*zing!*

XD I love you :*