Peter

Dear Senator Conroy and fellow travellers Know that your arguments for internet filtering are completely unconvincing. The issue here is an internet free of political and religious censorship. As you well know filtering does nothing to protect children from exploitation by child pornographers and your proposal is a blatant and disgraceful attempt to exploit the plight of these same children to impose your own religious and political views on the entire Australian community. Further, your cynical willingness to use these exploited children as a smokescreen to advance your own ideological agenda is the moral equivalent of the very crimes you quote in your attempt to justify curtailing free speech. Shame on you too for trying to so label those that oppose you; you are the true exploiter !! I remain implacably apposed to your proposed legislation. It’s a vote decider, and it will see you and your government out of office if you persist. I will be at the demonstration next week with as many friends family and colleagues as I can muster, I will be speaking against your legislation at ever opportunity, I have and will continue to support the campaign against you financially. Your ultimate political demise through the online campaign being mounted against you will emphasise the importance of a free internet in a free society, as a way of ridding ourselves of aspiring despots.