Re: enough (was Re: the great jerusalem firewall)

2007-03-03 Thread Vassilii Khachaturov
> This completely off-topic thread has gone on far too long. Aside from two or > three posts about possible LINUX issues, I fail to see why we are having this > completely irrelevant discussion about porn, censorship, religion and who > knows what else. I disagree. If an MS-based solution is manda

Re: enough (was Re: the great jerusalem firewall)

2007-03-03 Thread Peter
On Sun, 4 Mar 2007, Shlomo Solomon wrote: This completely off-topic thread has gone on far too long. Aside from two or three posts about possible LINUX issues, I fail to see why we are having this completely irrelevant discussion about porn, censorship, religion and who knows what else. ENOUGH

enough (was Re: the great jerusalem firewall)

2007-03-03 Thread Shlomo Solomon
This completely off-topic thread has gone on far too long. Aside from two or three posts about possible LINUX issues, I fail to see why we are having this completely irrelevant discussion about porn, censorship, religion and who knows what else. ENOUGH -- Shlomo Solomon http://the-solomons.n

RE: the great jerusalem firewall

2007-03-03 Thread Rony Shapiro
It's worse than that - the mechanism that is required to enforce the law makes anonymous surfing illegal. Say goodbye to Tor, for example, since the ISP will be unable to enforce the law under it. The law was proposed by politicians who don't accept democacy and don't understand the Internet - a da

Re: the great jerusalem firewall

2007-03-03 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Yonah Russ wrote: > Since the law is targeted at people under the age of eighteen, I > assume the commission will ask the question: Would I choose to show > that to a 17 year old? I am assuming you are right, which is exactly the reason I'm so worried. This is, precisely, the wrong question to ask

Re: the great jerusalem firewall

2007-03-03 Thread Peter
On Sat, 3 Mar 2007, Yonah Russ wrote: You are confusing a one to one relationship (surfer to voting center) with a one to many one (surfer vs. potentially an infinity or URLs). No- I 'm suggesting a 1-1 relationship of surfer to ISP proxy. Try to think this through please. You go to an inte

Re: the great jerusalem firewall

2007-03-03 Thread Yonah Russ
On 3/3/07, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, 3 Mar 2007, Yonah Russ wrote: > On 3/3/07, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually- I know one of the developers of the Estonian online voting > technology which identifies each voter based on a physical smart card and a > password. whi

Re: the great jerusalem firewall

2007-03-03 Thread Peter
On Sat, 3 Mar 2007, Yonah Russ wrote: On 3/3/07, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, 3 Mar 2007, Yonah Russ wrote: > adults. If a parent really want's they're kids looking at porn sites, > they'll give them their password. Correct. And since they should have their own passwords and emai

Re: the great jerusalem firewall

2007-03-03 Thread Yonah Russ
On 3/3/07, Shachar Shemesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yonah Russ wrote: > This law isn't stopping anyone who already legally has the right to > look at porn from looking at porn. Sure it does! For one thing, porn is not illegal today. I find it hard to believe that an adult is allowed to legally

Re: the great jerusalem firewall

2007-03-03 Thread Dvir Volk
that can actually be a good a argument for a bagatz in the unlikely event that this idiotic proposal will pass, that can hold off the implementation of this potential law for a few good months. On 3/2/07, Shlomo Solomon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't want to get into a debate about porn. Th

Re: the great jerusalem firewall

2007-03-03 Thread Yonah Russ
On 3/3/07, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, 3 Mar 2007, Yonah Russ wrote: > adults. If a parent really want's they're kids looking at porn sites, > they'll give them their password. Correct. And since they should have their own passwords and email why not buy them an internet account f

Re: the great jerusalem firewall

2007-03-03 Thread Peter
On Sat, 3 Mar 2007, Yonah Russ wrote: Are you over 18? Type in your password and see whatever you want. Type your password WHERE in an Internet cafe ? And even if, what stops one to use https://www.the-cloak.com after that for free ? And one day after that is blocked https://some.where.els

Re: the great jerusalem firewall

2007-03-03 Thread Peter
On Sat, 3 Mar 2007, Yonah Russ wrote: No, they represent a fraction of the ruling coalition, which has passed hairier laws in the past, using the well-known quid pro quo arrangements with other coalition members from other parties. In this country the words 'don't worry only a few MKs voted for

Re: the great jerusalem firewall

2007-03-03 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Yonah Russ wrote: > This law isn't stopping anyone who already legally has the right to > look at porn from looking at porn. Sure it does! For one thing, porn is not illegal today. > It just requires them to prove that they have the right. Which is a way of stopping. Saying "you can't do X unless y

Re: the great jerusalem firewall

2007-03-03 Thread Peter
On Sat, 3 Mar 2007, Yonah Russ wrote: adults. If a parent really want's they're kids looking at porn sites, they'll give them their password. Correct. And since they should have their own passwords and email why not buy them an internet account from an ISP that provides filtered service. I

Re: the great jerusalem firewall

2007-03-03 Thread Yonah Russ
Are you over 18? Type in your password and see whatever you want. -Yonah On 3/3/07, Ori Idan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The problem is not porn or not. The problem is letting other people decide what you can see and what you can't see. The government should not decide for me what I can see or n

Re: the great jerusalem firewall

2007-03-03 Thread Yonah Russ
On 3/3/07, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, 3 Mar 2007, Peleg Wasserman wrote: > The law was passed by 25 members of parliament, most of which come from > religious factions. These people do not represent the majority of the > people. No, they represent a fraction of the ruling coalit

Re: the great jerusalem firewall

2007-03-03 Thread Ori Idan
The problem is not porn or not. The problem is letting other people decide what you can see and what you can't see. The government should not decide for me what I can see or not. -- Ori Idan On 3/3/07, Yonah Russ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 3/3/07, Shachar Shemesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: the great jerusalem firewall

2007-03-03 Thread Yonah Russ
On 3/3/07, Shachar Shemesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yonah Russ wrote: > I don't think so at all- I just think that the laws in a democracy are > usually reasonably in line with the majority of the constituents. While "Majority rules" is a very important basis of democracy, it is very far from

Re: the great jerusalem firewall

2007-03-03 Thread Peter
On Sat, 3 Mar 2007, Peleg Wasserman wrote: The law was passed by 25 members of parliament, most of which come from religious factions. These people do not represent the majority of the people. No, they represent a fraction of the ruling coalition, which has passed hairier laws in the past, u

Re: the great jerusalem firewall

2007-03-03 Thread Peleg Wasserman
The law was passed by 25 members of parliament, most of which come from religious factions. These people do not represent the majority of the people. Second, while I do not agree with the way they decide speed limits (and I do enforce them every day), I see why a commission of experts can decide o

Re: the great jerusalem firewall

2007-03-03 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Yonah Russ wrote: > I don't think so at all- I just think that the laws in a democracy are > usually reasonably in line with the majority of the constituents. While "Majority rules" is a very important basis of democracy, it is very far from being the only one. Two others that come to mind are "Min