Chris

Filtering the internet is aiming to protect children being the victim's of abuse. Will this stop those who are abusing children? No, this will simply hide it from the view of all Australian's. Will this help the problem? No, Australian's need to be aware that this is wrong, and should be stopped. Simply because this material is not available any more to Australia via a web page, will not stop its distribution over the internet. P2P is where majority of illegal content is distributed - it can't be filtered. Not only does this proposed internet filtering not solve the key problem, it creates new ones. If a vote was taken for the internet filtering versus using those funds to police the internet - policing would win. If a vote was taken to filter the internet or use those funds for something more useful... To make some sort of association between those who object to the internet filtering, and those who are responsible for child abuse is completely inappropriate. I demand an apology - will I get one? No. Questions for Senator Conroy: * What do you know about the Internet and the technologies behind it? * How hard do you think it will be for someone to set up an offshore proxy with a dynamic IP address? * How much has already been invested in the internet filtering black hole, and how much is planned? An answer to any one of these questions will slam this campaign.