Australian Gov't Censors Plans About Gov't Internet Censorship
from the to-avoid-premature-unnecessary-debate dept
As the Australian government pushes forward with plans to have ISPs spy on users as part of its effort to control and censor the internet, some have made a freedom of information request to see the details of the plan... and the government provided the documents with 90% of the content blacked out. Yes, the government is censoring its plans about censorship. Even better is the "reasoning" for this. Government officials defended the move by saying it:"may lead to premature unnecessary debate and could potentially prejudice and impede government decision making".Yes, how dare the people make their views known in a way that lets the government know they don't approve. That would be a representative government, and apparently Australia doesn't believe in such things.
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Farce
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Slippery Slope
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It's the Jews
The Australian government embodies that concept admirably.
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Re: It's the Jews
Well done sir, although don't forget the Irish. I'm fairly certain that you'd have to drink a fair amount of whiskey to make a comment like the reasoning for cesoring the information we saw in this article, so we Irish are to blame as well.
Damn Jewrish, screwing up a protestant nation....
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Re: It's the Jews
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Minister of a Thousand Truths
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Re: Minister of a Thousand Truths
At least someone in the Australian Senate is questioning this. As you say some small comfort is better than none at all.
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There was a new poll done aswell finding against the other one, that people do want the internet censored, but that they dont want the government to do it, and better education and parenting would be better.
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However, as soon as the Rudd government took over these were withdrawn so that they would have an excuse to implement their blanket censorship.
Consequently, for the past three years there has been no 'free' filter available if anyone required one.
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http://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2010/transparent-medical-devices.html
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IDEA
and internet HA you get none form now on
and they will wire one of these wireless cameras into the back of your head and it can move around 360 degrees
WERE WATCHING YOU FLINSTONE
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Open Government Promise
http://agimo.govspace.gov.au/2010/07/16/declaration-of-open-government/
I quote myself from an earlier TechDirt posting:
"...Bottom line - can't trust the US (or any) Government..."
-CF
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Nothing wrong with that
1. Firstly, the Australian government *STATEMENT REDACT*, and *STATEMENT REDACT* with the co-operation of *STATEMENT REDACT*.
2. Lastly, it's a well known fact that *STATEMENT REDACT*. With that in mind, *STATEMENT REDACT* and *STATEMENT REDACT* for the safety and common good of Australian citizens.
I have no idea why you guys aren't getting it!
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Right on!
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Australia Will Destroy Us All
However 23.3532861 hours would be more than enough time for the singularity to sink to the core of the earth and start forming an accretion disk as it gains angular momentum from the spin of the planet itself. As the Hole slowly devoured the earth it would increase in size to ~1/3 inch its energy output would decrease to almost nothing and its expected lifetime would grow to 5.68061034*10^50 years (That's a Freaking Long Time BTW)
Why does the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia want to destroy the human race??? ;)
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