Federal Gov' Censorship

[Groggy]

is the govt going to block the never-ending flow of advertising emails selling ways for getting a bigger willy or viagra and all that associated muck?

They are not sure yet what they can do. Here are some comments from home, some comparisons from abroad, and this is what China is up to.

Whatever it is they decide to do they will be attacked by someone.

[Gra]

is the govt going to block the never-ending flow of advertising emails selling ways for getting a bigger willy or viagra and all that associated muck?

no, they cant, and that is the problem, show me a system that can filter all of them out. It doesn't exist yet, and as soon as it does the scum will find a way around it. Large corporates spend hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to filter this stuff from their own email systems and it still gets through, what hope has the govt of stopping it getting through everyones systems.

[astrid]

Hi Groggy
I know it wasnt you that moved it, I was using "you" in the plural sense.

cheers
Astrid

[MICKYG]

You would think that the goverment could enlist some of the HACKERS who could / would be able to cause some of the more undesireble sites to self destruct. If only they could stop all the spam that unfortunately come to you via the internet. Ultimately you are the CENSOR of all you peruse. Dont expect goverments to sort it out for you, as it will never happen.

I have been on the net for about eight years now and it never ceases to amaze me the crap that still exists and turns up in you emails etc. There is an article / opinion in Todays Telegraph (NSW) on page 21 regarding the proposed censorship. This does not shed much light on the problem for any net user.

Regards Mike.

[astrid]

Re the unwanted spam
I've never had them, i think thats because i never open anything leading with 'HI'.and I'm very carfull with what I download.
HWMNBO says its because he's installed a firewall using an old computer as a filter(or some such technical stuff)
However i notice that he gets his fair share

Astrid

[jmk89]

I am afraid that this decision is a typical reaction of a new government - especially one with what the French call "dirigiste" tendancies.

Say it quickly enough and the idea of stopping the web being cluttered with crap that only sick people would want to look at, and which any parent would prefer not to be available to their children, sounds like a good one. But think about how it is to be done and it is clearly silly - something that even Helen Coonan was able to work out.

One of the major tricks in governing is to realise that there are limits to what you can actually achieve and that legislating to make everyone support Mum's apple pie is just one of the most futile things that you can try to do. I actually think that the current system of leaving the web free from interference and concentrating on using it to catch the strange people who create and distribute this nauseating garbage and dealing with them as criminals is better than trying to put a prophylactic barrier around the sites that these people set up. It focuses attention on the problem - bad people - rather than the product, and leaves the rest of the community to enjoy a free life on the web.

[astrid]

Not FRENCH dirigiste tendencies
Watch it or this'll be back in the blue room!

Astrid

[Waldo]

G'day,

I wholeheartedly agree with what Jmk89 said . Kev07 is great at wide sweeping things he's going to do with little thought of how he'll do them.

Groggy is right too with saying that I've mixed up the new Gov' censorship and that Azureus is playing funny buggers with me.

[Sebastiaan56]

One of the major tricks in governing is to realise that there are limits to what you can actually achieve and that legislating to make everyone support Mum's apple pie is just one of the most futile things that you can try to do.

Quite agree but I cant see them waking up, the nanny state will try and look after us, probably so they can scare us into voting for them. Their is a history of prohibition, drugs, alcohol, homosexuality, heck.... sexuality full stop. Still to come, low doc loans, take away foods and free speech. I reckon they wont do it as there is belt tightening coming this year.

[DavidG]

In The Beginning was The Censorship Plan.

And then came the Assumptions And the Assumptions were without form.

And the Plan was completely without substance and the darkness wasupon the face of the workers and they spoke among themselves,saying...
"It is a crock of ????, and it stinketh."

And the workers went unto their Supervisors and sayeth, "It is a pile of dung and none may abide the odor thereof."

And the Supervisors went unto their Managers and sayeth unto them, "It is a container of excrement and it is very strong, such that none may abide by it."

And the Managers went unto their Directors and sayeth, "It is a vessel of fertilizer, and none may abide its strength."

And the Directors spoke amongst themselves, saying one to another, "It contains that which aids plant growth, and it is very strong."

And the Directors went unto the Vice Presidents and sayeth unto them, "It promotes growth and is very powerful."

And the Vice Presidents went unto the President and sayeth unto him, "This new Plan will actively promote the growth and efficiency of this Company, and in these areas in particular."

And the President looked upon the Plan, and saw that it was good, and the Plan became Policy.

This Is How ???? Happens.

[Gra]

Still to come, low doc loans

They will disappear on their own right, when they start coming back and biting the lenders where the sun don't shine (Or the tax office starts requesting the details given in the load applications)