Val

Just today we have an article in the Courier Mail stating that a paedophile, sentenced to 13 years imprisonment for sexually abusing his step-daughter, used to get 'worked up' while watching pornography on his computer and then take it out on the little girl. I'm sorry, but watching pornography leads to action, much of which is rape and sexual molestation. I witnessed this for myself at Wave Hill Station in the NT many years ago where, after someone had shown a porn movie, the young ringers cut loose on the Aboriginal girls and there was mayhem, to put it mildly. I am in favour of having these sorts of sites banned and I never thought I'd see the day when I would approve censorship. However, there is the question as already posed that censorship might, if this goes ahead, become tighter and tighter and finally strangle discussions about God, Christianity, evolution or even the government etc. What sort of clauses will be added to prevent complete strangulation of freedom to discuss and debate, regardless of how unpalatable it might be to some? Perhaps a referendum should be called for regardless?