TuffGuy

What amazes me the most about this sort of thing is the bloody minded attitudes of politicians towards wasting taxpayers dollars. It is like they think there is just this neverending supply to play with and if it starts to run dry just tax us a bit more.

On that note everybody (experts and non-experts included) knows this internet filter just won't work. It is as plain as the nose on Mr Conroy's face yet he continues to push ahead with this whole process, doing trials and wasting more millions along the way. WHY??? Times are tough and we don't need to be wasting money on such pointless exercises. Even more so politicians should not be pandering to the whims of minority groups saying things like "if we can keep children from seeing even a little bit of this stuff then it is ok no matter the cost" is just plain stupid.

If a child can access ANY porn that is too much and no filter yet invented is going to do that. The ONLY solution is to turn off the internet. It was only yesterday the UKs version of a filter banned Wikipedia because someone put a picture of a naked girl on the site. How easy will it be for those so inclined to maliciously have websites banned. It could be a rival business, someone you don't like, etc.

Howard produced a home web filter for families for free and even the response to that was massively underwhelming. This reaction could mean parents just don't care, the issue is just not that big, parents supervise their children, or any of hundreds more.

From a business perspective the whole filter thing is just a waste of time when considering the cost against the results. So get a life, build a bridge and get over it, your filter will NEVER work, can the whole process now and spend our tax dollars on something constructive.