There are a lot of restrictions in the UK as well, where a lot of free video is blocked, since TV use is a taxed commodity there. I wonder what the rules in Canada are. They're under a BBC system, right?

Hmm, I'm not so sure that what we saw being blocked was so much governmental restriction as the content providers (NBC et. al.) not wanting to distribute their shows that way.

Sweden has good Internet freedoms.

How do you feel about tall blond men?

I am in favor of them, but only if they are thoroughly inspected. Please send some over so I may inspect them.

Soon.

Tuesday would be a good day.

Seriously.

please....

Helen Lovejoy - Won't Somebody Please Think of the Children?
 

Here ya go, Goonie!

The Lashpair Respond:
 

But Seriously, Folks...
 

Sounds more like the Great Wall Of CHINA to us... :mad:

OH!!! THE HUGE MANATEE !!!!!!!

Seriously, Kids can tune into SBS (Multicultural free-to-air TV) after 9pm and see all the titties, dickies and bummies they want !!


Noted and filed for D-day. BTW: We'll need a fuller explaination of the process as we are not as good at setting port thingies as we might appear without "Proxy for dummies"- style steps. :blush:

Thank you!!!! Big Bear Hugs. Yes, thanks to Andrew, where there's a Way, there's a Will. :snap:

Quite true! We can't watch Survivor, Lost etc online :( <---- Our Free Web Rights Cheese Are Taken Sad.

Dear All,

"I always wondered how long it would take for Government(s) to try and 'own' the Internet. You can't have people using such a powerful uncontrolled tool - they may hurt themselves" - The Stoat.

Thanks for the concern - you can imagine just how outraged we are at the idea of having our flow of information and media censored by a third party.

I haven't reached the age of 50 to be told what is appropriate or not for me.

Yes, I am concerned that children get to see and hear things that they shouldn't - but the responsibility for that lies with the parents - not the Government. If parents/carers/teachers allow access to 'privately' placed PC's then they are making the choice not to monitor the content that the kids are viewing.

So all of that is about choice and responsibility. The Government obviously has little faith in the ability of Australian adults to do the right thing, so it feels that it has to take the moral high ground...and fvck the rest of us that either don't have kids (or whose kids are over 20 in my case).

As for software piracy et al...I was in I.T. long before the Internet, and it existed then and it will continue to exist. I recall a time when (a now obscure) spreadsheet app called Lotus 123 sold for $1200, and consequently it was the most pirated title of the day. Serves them right for being so greedy...and now the product is all but dead.

My bet is that if regulations become too strict (and without options for those of us that already know about sex, drugs and rock and roll) that some new system will evolve. That's what always happens when people are censored and suppressed.

Anyway, I'll stay tuned at this end - perhaps write a few scathing letters to the dumb-fvck pollies that thought it mught be a good idea.

Love and hugs for many years to come,

The Stoat XXX.

And Also Dear All,

"If the Australian Government wants to take on the role and responsibility of being a 'surrogate' parent because it thinks that the actual parents aren't up to the task - let it take all of the responsibility. That would include censoring what the children eat, and prohibiting activities that might cause them injury such as football, gymnastics and diving...and while your at it, forbid the arts, hockey and netball because it turns the kids gay."

The Stoat.

In other words, you fvck-head Ozzie Pollies, take all of the responsibility or keep out of our faces. You can't have it both ways.

Love and hugs,

The Stoat XXX.

...not that it matters, as you will be censored out of existence soon anyway.

My cheese is both sad and melted.
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