77hil

The censorship of the internet disturbs me. What other monitoring purposes is it going to be used for?

Pollyana

Who knows? They are censoring that too.

Swerv-o

I find it very disturbing indeed. I think it's a real affront to freedom of speech and information.

With Turnbull at the helm of the Liberal Party, I felt sure that we would see the end of this nonsense, but with crazy Abbott, I fear that it will make it through, despite the Greens opposition.

To the OP, sadly, I feel that Aus is something of a nanny state - There are many things that you can do elsewhere that are completely forbidden here. Some of it I suspect is more about protecting jobs - particularly trades - than it is about protecting people, but other things I'm less sure of.

The government/s (Federal, state and local) have a definite 'we know best' attitude, and that, coupled with the Australian apathy towards demonstration and protest means that what the government wants they usually get. And we all know that once a law is in place, it can be very hard to get it repealed.

The intrusion of 'officialdom' into so many aspects of everyday life is one of the few irks that I have about living here, but I sadly feel that it is only getting worse, and is very unlikely to get better.


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DeadVim

I can categorically tell you that there is no censoring of the internet in Australia it's just ***** and **** but **** **** **** ****, notwithstanding ****'s *** **** **** and his balls.

Beachband

If you ever find yourself recognising that there are too many traffic lights in an area that normally wouldn't have any where you come from, then nanny state realism is probably whats behind it.

DeadVim

And that, maybe, you need a mentally stimulating hobby?

Beachband

Or posting too much in 1 month on BE

Swerv-o

They will no doubt ban BE under the Internet Censorship Act, so soon you won't be able to do that either

DeadVim

This is also a worrying sign of deteriorating mental health

I try and keep up the Scrabble to balance things out but I'm fighting a losing battle.

I'll just be a dribbling mess by Friday evening. OK, that isn't THAT unusual for a Friday evening.

Hutch

DeadVim's merely his latest persona - he's been kicking around these forums for a **** sight longer than a month.

DeadVim

Schizophrenia and Serial Flouncing, more things to add to my list of faults.

kporte

I still think LazurusVim would have been a better username

DeadVim

But then I would have to field questions like "Why did you spell Lazarus with 2 u's?".

It's not a good start if you really want to lay into someone's opinion

kporte

You have to take into account my atheism.

DeadVim

Ah, a non-prophet organisation ... understood