This the question I would like my local member to ask the GOVT.

As a committed civil libertarian I am concerned that truth of wars in which we engage will be extinguished in a fog of embedded journalism.

Since the Theodocian Edict mankind has been taught "what to think" not "how to think".

Surely in this day and age, the truth should be available no matter how unpalatable it is to the powers that be.
If this is not the case then democracy itself is a fable.

The truth will curb the excessive behaviours of control freaks such as the U.S from being the very people they claim to be protecting us from.

Surely the one thing that protects us all from wilful deception by Gov't, is the availability of accurate information.
Shall our govt invoke it's already excessive power to ensure that the truth won't be heard in future?.

Perhaps they can have Assange and his whistleblowers assassinated instead for the greater good..

Agree thinker 2. "The greater good" has been used for all manner of horrific acts including war usually with a hidden agenda. We would all be a lot better for knowing more rather than less and being led into wars through deception and subterfuge.

Wikileaks is the start of a movement that reflects the people's ennui with spin, totalitarianism disguised as democracy and big brother mentality. Hopefully Andrew Wilkie's call for better protection for whistleblowers will come to fruition this time around rather than the Clayton's version we got last time.

As regards the government filter - I suspect that won't go as far as originally thought due to public pressure and technical practicalities.

If Labor is silly enough to impose a ban it will only make sure we find ways to read the information.
In fact net filtering is only a dream we are not after all China, why support such an unpopular thing? who knows.

My bet is it will never happen.

If government's want to use national security (or cabinet secrecy and the like) as excuses to withhold information from the public it should be made an act of official corruption with appropriate penalties to misuse that privilege.

R0bert

it has become a lot more pervasive than we might realise
you-tube has a message now with many clips
not allowed in your cunntry

this link...used to go to a free music site
http://www.projectplaylist.com/playlist/user/6206203

last time i visited..no songs would play

i dont know if i been conned to create playlists
or if its some freetrade agreement
or web2...all i know is i cant use it anymore

this visit..it even refused to connect

so cant acces even ..my own research

[i spent weeks searching and listing songs...
now i feel it was only to use me]..for free...

by the way i own the recordings on lp's [78/45/33 rpm..and cassets...and cd's..even 8 track...reel to reel...film/vidio..and in some cases even in...sheet music...

i chose the songs because i wanted to play them on my computa

guess.. it should be called a CONputa

there are many of my favourite sites been censored

wikileaks WAS..
but then after sbs/neagus did a story...and..it was available..

[but funny enough my laptop...via which i accessed the site
got some fluttering virus...which effectivly stuffed up..my con=puta
the very next day

it starts to flutter..then dies dead as a dodo

we trust govt at our own risk..;
who are they...to shut our acces down

or say you can see this
but cant see that