General Spoon Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 (edited) Stephen Conroy is one of the people in power (somehow) in Australia that smoked paint chips as a kid and continues to push new/support existing policies that are unpopular (and batshit insane if you look at them for more than two seconds). Policies that include banning images of women with small breasts and a lack of a Mature/Adult/What have you rating in favor of refusing to classify it (it doesn't get sold). This leads to people importing things at a cheaper price, or so I've heard. Conroy himself is concerned with creating an Internet filter to blacklist things that the government deems harmful for children and--oh just read this Wikipedia page. Skip to the part about the current government. Just know that its a fucktarded idea that if it gets hamfisted through sets a precedent for allowing a state to censor free speech to "protect the children." A poorly implemented fucktarded idea that sets a dangerous precedent. Its like they're going to accidentally create the start of an Orwellian dictatorship. If I have some of my information wrong, its likely because I only know what big parts of the news comes out of Australia. Edited January 25, 2011 by General Spoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excellen Browning Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 One problem in all this, is that he claims it's for the benefit of children. If you try to go against it you will always be seen as morally wrong. What this man and his supporters seem to be doing, however, is decide where the future will go. I partially feel insulted, partially I think it's futile. No old man will ever significantly change the flow of universal history. Not even Hitler did, so this fool will neither. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Rey León Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Oh, Australia. The continent is badass, but the government is full of limp-wrested idiots. But then what government isn't? I think these "it's for the children" laws are way overblown and is leading Australia into becoming a nanny state. It's a parliamentary democracy for Chrissakes. I hope the campaigns against this become stronger and more powerful to make its government listen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defeatist Elitist Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 blah blah censorship is retarded, etc etc. Honestly the idiocy of this type of shit has been exposed so many times before that it's hardly even worth discussing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lews Therin Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Sadly Australia's getting soft, Censorship does not to be needed they made internet filters for a reason right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Alear Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 An idea is more effectively aired and discussed than it is merely kept underwraps, many a time. IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Australia made squirting porn illegal. I am glad I don't live in Australia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Alear Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Australia made squirting porn illegal. I am glad I don't live in Australia. They say it's one of the happiest countries on earth. So are we, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rewjeo Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 We can't have pictures of women with small breasts! For the children! Am I the only one who doesn't get this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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