Can someone like, go punch Conroy in the face? and by punch, I mean not, because that gets you in trouble. But maybe just grunt at him? ~ Monnie
Yo, Conroy! Mandatory-internet-filter this! *sock!*
Wednesday 17th March 2010
Monday 15th March 2010
Remember when I said (and Craig said) Australia was starting to lose global respect because of Conroy’s internet filter scheme? It’s started.
Saturday 06th March 2010
You know when Australia has really started losing respect in the eyes of the world when people discuss the country on their sites or publications where they’ve never really mentioned it before. For example, take this Japanation blog post:
Wednesday 03rd March 2010
The Aussie Prime Minister Kevin Rudd met with the state premiers this morning; allegedly the response was mixed. I’m hoping it’s in part because one of them said something this:
Kevin, I’m copping so much heat and ridicule for being a member of the political party that wants to implement this misguided Great Firewall of Australia, could you please tell Senator Conroy to stop!? Please!? You’re killing me mate! *whimper*
Hey, we can only hope, right? :(
Thursday 18th February 2010
After getting all these hate letters from people who didn’t approve of what I thought were fairly tame commentaries on the compulsory Australian internet firewall, I decided to take an hour or so off this afternoon and address their concerns. This post is for the first email.
Tuesday 16th February 2010
I’ve briefly mentioned this particular issue in passing with regards to the Great Firewall of Australia and to a lesser extent the persecution of South Australian gamers, but now I’m going to rant and complain about it for an entire post. Two words: caramel macchiato. Wait, I got distracted. Two words: brain drain.
Wednesday 10th February 2010
I apologise, I know I only just posted about The Great Firewall of Australia again, but this quote was just too good to pass up:
Tuesday 02nd February 2010
AdelaideNow is reporting that at 10pm Central Australian Time, South Australian Attorney General Michael Atkinson has:
Tuesday 19th January 2010
It’s been over a week since Google’s surprise revelation that they would no longer be filtering search results in the People’s Republic of China and the shock still hasn’t seemed to have worn off for most people. I think we’re playing up the significance far too much.
Thursday 14th January 2010
While my dad, sis and I were on our Eurotrip over the New Year holidays (photos coming soon) we were placed in self imposed 24-hour-instant-Twitter-news exile, which to tell the truth was kinda refreshing. The only thing we had to worry about in Europe was being buried in a freak Irish, German, French, Czech or Austrian snowstorm, or finding plastic explosive in our baggage from Slovakia on arrival in Dublin. But I digress.
