Joe

The Country has finally "Gone to the Dogs"!! You have replied to my previous email with a 4 page letter that is pure "Political Rhetoric". The filtering of content was never envisaged to include P2P or Torrent Traffic (Used legitimately for games, such as Warcraft), nor to assist the minority of narrow minded & secular areas of the community to make complaints against URL's that will be added to be listed on the ACMA "Blacklist". In your reply you make no mention of one of my main points .. what avenues are available to ( a financially strapped pensioners or the normal citizens of this Country) to appeal against any decision made by the ACMA .. that doesn't involve departmental fees, legal fees, etc? For the sake of public trust and fairness, Why not make the current list of 1300 "Blacklisted" URL's public, inform the public what guidelines will be tested by this live pilot, what specific filtering methods will be employed to filter-out ILLEGAL CONTENT and what innocent URL's will be caught by this ISP Filtering? If it is not Illegal under current laws, it shouldn't be included in a wide "trawl net" that will not advance the Govt's initial reason for implementing this policy ..... Protection of Children !! AS LONG AS IT IS NOT ILLEGAL I shall view, download, play, write, etc. anything I please. Australia is after all a democracy! It is not a country where we will stand idly-by while the government DICTATES what is suitable for use & what, in the Government's opinion, is not suitable. If it's illegal, the legislation and Govt Dept's are already setup to deal with the DUTY of Protecting our Children (Unless the parent deems it appropriate and it is NOT ILLEGAL) I am married, over 50, have no children at home (they have all left home) and spend approx 10 hours per day on the internet. Minister, please tell me how can this ISP filtering assist me to Protect Children that are no longer in my household? It is Political Clap-Trap!!