On Monday, 2 September 2013 at 05:41:50 UTC, Manu wrote:
On 2 September 2013 06:55, Nick Sabalausky <
seewebsitetocontac...@semitwist.com> wrote:
On Mon, 2 Sep 2013 02:37:09 +1000
Manu <turkey...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Do. But the website is slow, and you probably haven't tried
> to use the
> internet in Australia recently.
> Also, our new government intends to set Australia's internet
> back
> about 10 years:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-6E5yX1E0U
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpN7VCzDTdg
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyY-xI6zgfk
>
> Quality leadership to be sure...
> Note: I can only watch these in 320p after about 20-30
> seconds buffer
> time ;)
>
Genuine question, not sarcasm: Have they decided to stop
engaging in
thinly-veiled censorship yet? Or at least admit that they
censor? ("Oh
no, we're not censoring! We're merely 'denying classification'
on things
that are outlawed without government classification!")
No.
We're the 51st state of America, so we're all about censorship
and hiding
information from the people at all costs. We also don't have
the American
constitution in our defence, we're more like a lame England
acting as
America's patsy; they can more-or-less just do whatever they
want, and rely
on the fact that even if some of the public whinge and complain
about it,
nobody will actually do anything meaningful to stop it. Our
political
representation is truly embarrassing.
We also experience 80% Murdoch media coverage, so if they don't
want you to
know about something, you certainly won't hear
discussion/debate about it
on the television, and don't talk about it with
non-nerds/over-40's,
because they'll just tell you you're a wonky conspiracy
theorist.
The current government wants to install a nation-wide internet
filtering
system with a classified black-list so they an filter
_specifically_ 'child
pornography' from unsuspecting viewers...
I don't know about you, but I've been on the internet a long
time, and
while it is (or used to be, google are better at filtering it
now)
reasonably common to stumble upon unexpected porn, I've NEVER
seen child or
animal abuse in my life. Clearly this isn't the real motivator.
The child abuse department of the federal police are suggesting
they give
them the budget instead, and they'll be able to make a much
more meaningful
difference... but nobody listens to them.
Meanwhile, people are constantly asking the leaders if they're
spying on us
like the NSA and friends. Their preferred response is not to
respond at
all. They ignore the question and walk away, every time.
Whee!
Of course, investment in the nation's internet is ridiculous,
who would
want to invest that sort of tax-payer money on communications
infrastructure which is just "essentially, a video
entertainment system":
https://www.youtube.com/v/DPgJA25Nso4?start=39&end=57
Again though, Murdoch has made it clear that he opposes
improving the
nation's internet infrastructure, because people might prefer a
$10/month
subscription to online tv services to his own $100/month foxtel
subscriptions.
Would you believe that you can't watch Game of Thrones in
Australia unless
you pay at least $80/month for a foxtel (cable tv)
subscription? And they
wonder why all the statistics appear to show that Australians
are the worst
media pirates on earth...
+1
I'm aussie and totally ashamed of the crappy government we
have...on both sides. Censorship is only the tip of the iceberg.
We have an election coming up and there has been *nothing* about
climate change policy and yet we've just had the warmest winter
on record.
It's the usual crapola spinning us the line of how much better
off us middle income earners will be rather than coming up with
any real policy for the future of the country, homelessness,
mental health, ... you get the picture
...and don't get me started on the abysmal response to "the boat
people" from both sides. Poor buggers they are. It's about time
the robot politicians of this country started showing some
respect for human beings.
of mine started showing people of the world some respectDo people
here really believe they'd get onto a dodgy leaky boat for fun?
deserve to be treated with respect like every other human being
IMO.
Very disheartening.
Sorry, got side tracked growling about Oz politics ;)
Back to D !
