Australia Imposes Internet Filter

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       #40

    Hi all
    As I said - a lot of this stuff is just "Hot Air" - presumably just trying to make "Global Warming" a reality to a largely sceptical public in Nothern Europe (and parts of Eastern USA) suffering the COLDEST WINTER in YEARS.

    Politicians are LIGHT YEARS behind the technicians -- If Mainland China hasn't been 100% successful in totally controlling access to the Internet with all its huge resources for State Control I doubt whether some "amateur Politicians" are going to block a load of resourceful Aussies from doing so.

    My experience on my travels is that when I meet Aussies I find that they are an exceedingly resourceful bunch so they shouldn't have any problem with getting round this type of B/S.

    Perhaps at your next elections EVERYWHERE there should be a World Coalition called Anything But xxxxxxx where xxxxxxx is the current ruling party / group in your country.

    Cheers
    jimbo
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       #41

    Bbbrrrrrrrr..... I know that part well enough! That's not the weather either but the cold reaction to the new legislation being pondered over. But now you are starting to get well offtrack from the article itself.
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       #42

    what is 'crime'? it can be anything the state wants it to be.

    blowing the whistle on parliamentary corruption is a crime here in the UK, the police even arrested an opposition mp while he was in his office at parliament when the govt. asked them to as he'd released info on the ruling labour party misdeeds.

    the police routinely arrest tourists & locals for taking photos of buildings like st. pauls cathedral, and taking a photo of a policeman can get you arrested, all under the all-inclusive anti-terrorist acts which let them do pretty much what they want to.

    one of the local councils used the anti-terrorist act to spy on a parent to try to prove they did not actually live in the catchment area for the school they had applied to for their children (turned out they were innocent).
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       #43

    Yes, the UK system got very rogue to protect political corruption! The whole world knows that...
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       #44

    MyWin7 said:
    Yes, the UK system got very rogue to protect political corruption! The whole world knows that...
    What the whole world knows is that there isn't a govt. that Doesn't protect political corruption in some way or another...

    The UK are the ones that got caught
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       #45

    MyWin7 said:
    Yes, the UK system got very rogue to protect political corruption! The whole world knows that...
    While OT -- it should be remembered that the UK used Anti-Terrorist legislation against Iceland in attempting to retrieve money after their local councils had destroyed our Banks while playing Casino with their taxpayers money.

    (Actually we really didn't need any help from the UK in destroying the Banks -- our Govt was managing very successfully on its own Thank You).

    However back to the point - It's almost IMPOSSIBLE to shut something down like the Internet

    Even way back in 1956 during the "Hungarian Uprising" word and pictures still got out about what was happening in spite of the Old Soviet Union having what they thought 100% total control of all media and telecommunications.

    Any decent technical guru will be able to circumvent this stuff in seconds.

    Cheers
    jimbo
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       #46

    Zidane24 said:
    What the whole world knows is that there isn't a govt. that Doesn't protect political corruption in some way or another...

    The UK are the ones that got caught
    sorry, just OT for a minute:
    Is there a similar whistle-blower legislation in the US too, I wonder? I do not know any other country having such a blatantly self serving legislation in power.
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       #47

    jimbo45 said:
    Even way back in 1956 during the "Hungarian Uprising" word and pictures still got out about what was happening in spite of the Old Soviet Union having what they thought 100% total control of all media and telecommunications.

    Any decent technical guru will be able to circumvent this stuff in seconds.

    Cheers
    jimbo
    Sadly i remeber when that happened. There was a huge amount of protesters in Amsterdam, throwing rocks, etc, at the windows of the Russian embassy.
    I was 9 at the time, and had forgotten about it till i read your post. It doesn't take long for word to get around, even if it was back in 56'.

    I'm far from being a computer guru, but depending what gets cencored, i'm sure i could find a way around to get to where i want to be. Intarwebs are full of information.
    Last edited by spinifex; 20 Dec 2009 at 14:27. Reason: speeling
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       #48

    MyWin7 said:
    Zidane24 said:
    What the whole world knows is that there isn't a govt. that Doesn't protect political corruption in some way or another...

    The UK are the ones that got caught
    sorry, just OT for a minute:
    Is there a similar whistle-blower legislation in the US too, I wonder? I do not know any other country having such a blatantly self serving legislation in power.
    No there is no such law in the US; some even consider "whistleblowing" a good thing to do.
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       #49

    spinifex said:
    i'm sure i could find a way around to get to where i want to be. Intarwebs are full of information.
    That there are and will be, but the point is - we should not have to.
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