MsF

Just another VOTER who will vote against Labor for

(1) making deals with Family First to inflict their prim wowser ideals on all Australians and bringing the church sneaking into politics.

(2) slowing down my net by putting this dumb filter on.

(3) Making me register as some kind of sex criminal so that I will be able see adult content on my net.

Do i need to add LEGAL adult content to that? I probably do, as the wowsers are all trying to make out anyone who is anti-Filter is somehow pro-child porn. (Child porn is illegal, and not hosted on ANY worldwide ISP - i think i need to point that out too. No protecting the kiddies going on with out government's net filter, just control of ideas and information. If they wanted to protect children, they could educate parents, children, and give more to law enforcement - who recently have busted people for child porn and abuse, and funnily enough, NONE of the abusers used the net for more than email, because, SURPRISE! child porn is illegal and can't be hosted on a normal ISP, so isn't available on the ordinary net.)

Sounds to me like it's the wowsers who are obsessed with child abuse - check their families first. After all, over 95% of child abuse occurs in families - often in very religious ones - we all know about religious hypocrisy, and how it masks perverted sexual urges.

As for the filter - I already have at least 3 filters working on my machine, (anti virus, ad filters, website filters) they SLOW IT DOWN. I don't know how to make it any simpler for you - you're about to slow the aussie net right down (and it's already among the slowest in the world). You're also going to destroy Aussie businesses who won't be accessible from the an Aussie ISP.

STOP THE CLEAN FEED (or whatever name you're rebranding it as so we all like the idea.)

Surely the minister isn't so completely computer illiterate that he honestly thinks this is a good idea? In 2008 could someone of his age be that ignorant about computers and how they work? Apparently so. This isn't China - why do we need their filter, the one Kevin (I'm a born again christian fundamentalist) Rudd protested against during the Olympic games. Hmm - do i detect the smell of burning? No - it's just rank hypocrisy. Must be another politician passing by.