Just received and signed yet another Get Up petition www.getup.org.au/campaign/SaveTheNet This one is about the proposed attempt to censor the net.
No doubt all of us can think of a host of websites that ought to be banned. I personally find a whole host of websites offensive but the last thing I would want is for the government to be authorised to censor the net.
The reason for this is simple. The net is also a political tool. Allow government censorship and one runs the risk of a future government using its powers to stiffle dissent.
If existing laws of libel and slander do not go far enough, if there are special laws that need to be enacted to ensure people are prosecuted if they access child porn and the like put up the legislation.
It is a mistake to assume that power will only be used for what we would regard as 'good' purposes - we have no guarantee that by allowing this extension of government powers we are not placing some critical freedoms at risk.

The loss of freedoms?
Yeh, I will go with that.
The New World Order wants control of just about everything.

Imagine if a guy like the Bibles antichrist (i.e. the final Adolf Hitler) grabs hold of the net?
Sweet as pie is this guy for the first 3 1/2 years then he goes troppo and Adolf comes to life again.

You can read about him in Revelation 13:16-18 and 14:9-11 or click on the Mark of the Beast 666.
Many christians believe he is alive today?

I'm with you on that BAYGON, I signed too.
Gibo, onya!

Yeah - it's a good petition, and I have a feeling that this is an issue where the nannies might back off if confronted with serious, informed and concerted opposition. I urge every OLO user to sign it.

And Gibo - how nice to see you. Have you been away vanquishing demons or something?

I definitely think the government should not have the authority to censor the internet - that would be a very powerful tool! Freedom of opinion thereby would be inhibited!

Here are some details of what's happening.

http://www.stopthecleanfeed.com/