hink of it all - of the life that is! Study your friends and foes!
Study the past! And answer this: "Are these times better than those?" The life-long quarrel, the paltry spite, the sting of your poisoned pride! No matter who fell it were better to fight as they did when the world was wide.
Australia to join China in implementing mandatory internet censorship?
"AUSTRALIA will join China in implementing mandatory censoring of the internet under plans put forward by the Federal Government.The plan was first created as a way to combat child pornography and adult content, but could be extended to include controversial websites on euthanasia or anorexia.
Mr Conroy said trials were yet to be carried out, but "we are talking about mandatory blocking, where possible, of illegal material."
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'Illegal'? That's a subjective value judgement. Even at this early stage is looks suspicious. Child porn, fine, but euthanasia (an issue surrounding the control over something as fundamental as one's own life span)?
Anyway, who will decide what constitutes 'illegal' material? The Government, of course. But simply because the government is democratically elected does not mean this internet censorship plan will turn slowly turn into something other than arbitrary intrusion. Democracy is seeing power become increasingly delivered to central authorities behind the smokescreen of all the elections and 'unique' candidates.
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