Silverphoenix

If you guys really took everyones comments on board I think you'd be more aware of how insanely moronic this whole 'clean feed' idea really is. You all - especially Conroy - seem to be just sticking your heads in the sand - refusing to listen to anyone with REAL credentials, and instead just pushing onwards with taxpayer money for "the childrens benefit".

Right.

This is really all just about music and movie piracy isn't it?? Child porn may make up a little of the cause, but come on - is the RIAA/MPAA paying the government off or something? Trialling a tiered internet system in the backwards nanny state that is Australia is just absolutely ludicrous - and clearly from the amount of responses this blog has had, there is SIGNIFICANT opposition to this plan.

I just dont see why the government wont just ban the entire internet instead of wasting our dollars on this pointless scheme. As it is, Australia's broadband is quite embarassing - over here youd be lucky to get a 1mbps connection with bigpond!! I thought I recalled somewhere in krudd's last election campaign that he would improve broadband in Australia. So far, I've only seen nothing. And with the internet filter to be put in place, it can only go slower - trust me, the filter WILL SLOW THINGS DOWN.

Way to go Conroy and co. I just wish more aussies would just realize how dangerous this idea is to the ideals of democracy and freedom of speech, and how likely it is australia will become the next china if the filter is successful. You guys have said the link between China and Australia is unsubstantiated - well that just further proves how utterly ignorant and foolish all these so called ministers really are in this entire fiasco.

Im looking forward to viewing MTV.com and Yahoo 7 for my news and music fix. */sarcasm*