Uproar in Australia over plan to block Web sites
December 26, 2008 By TANALEE SMITH , Associated Press Writer(AP) -- A proposed Internet filter dubbed the "Great Aussie Firewall" is promising to make Australia one of the strictest Internet regulators among democratic countries.
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Dec 26, 2008
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of nazi states that ar called democracy
this already happenings all over the world
Dec 26, 2008
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Soylet Green, Richard Fleischer....
???
WAKE UP FOLKS !!!
R-E-V-O-L-U-T-I-O-N ---!!!---
Dec 27, 2008
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One point of error in the article: the proposed filter WILL include filtering of P2P traffic:
http://apcmag.com...ters.htm
Dec 27, 2008
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Dec 27, 2008
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To put it simply, any kind of data moving on the internet can be made to look any other kind of data. Porn could be made to look like bible study material, and vice versa. A simple HTTPS connection or VLAN to an outside portal, and there goes your firewall. The Aussie government is wasting their taxpayer dollars in a futile effort to "Do something" for their worried voter base.
Dec 27, 2008
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Dec 28, 2008
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2. Children will see all this which the filter aims to block anyway. The whole idea that children should be protected from reality is stupid, they will live in that reality soon enough and need to be prepared. Instead of pretending the problems don't exist teach them how to react.
3. Families who want filters can buy their own, or if the government wants to help them it should develop it's own filter program and then offer it for free to them.
Dec 28, 2008
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this is not about children or porn
is about the world elite who trys to block sites
that tell the truth about them and there evil plans
of nazi new world order
here is a site that they block even in england under hacking material or hatefull speech
http://www.prisonplanet.com/
check it out for urself u will see no hacking no hate just telling it how its,
so wil u get a clue whats this nazi elite is all about and all this firewall stuff
Dec 28, 2008
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Dec 28, 2008
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I have a question: why don't the two opposing teams just line up and pray against each other. Let god decide who the winner is. I'm sure the bible must contain some guidelines for determining the winner.
Dec 28, 2008
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For starters this is months old "News".
The have no intention of actually implementing the filter. The "attempt" is to humour the Australian Christian Lobby that helped the current Government win power.
The current government is "BIG" on discussion groups/ comittees and "very small" on making decisions unless they are extremely popular, which this isn't.
My opinion is that this'll do the rounds of various interested groups, generating lots of income for the participants, over the next few months. A report will be drawn up, Treasury will then look at the report and then it will be deemed too expensive in the current economic climate and the whole issue will evaporate.
Dec 29, 2008
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here is the a video tahts explain exaclty where this sleppery slope leads
actually with there own plans in writing exposed
http://www.youtub...UcjIIV_Q