Rubénerd :)

Time to celebrate this evening? Some on Twitter seem to be already.

Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has suggested changes could be made to the Federal Government’s proposed internet filter. “Stephen Conroy… has announced some changes to the filter – he’s talking to industry about those now,” he said.

I won’t be. I’m with Greens Senator Ludlam on this, Labor hasn’t said they’re scrapping it, they’ve just made vague references to "changing" it, whatever that means. We don’t want a reworking, we want a thorough repudiation. Keep the corks in the bottles, folks. :(

We all suspected as much, but now it’s official: the readers of (uh, Zoo Weekly) have dubbed Stephen Conroy the dumbest politician in Australia.

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A case of another leader who started with a lot of promise but failed to deliver like so many other politicians, so they were replaced. Sounds like Japan.

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The science and history-obsessed parts of The Internets have been all abuzz over the evidence showing Neanderthals and Humans interbred. I know the heading picture makes no sense now, but bear with me.

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Communications Minister Stephen Conroy yesterday confirmed his department was hosting a private online forum to discuss controversial issues about the filter with internet service providers (ISPs) — including the possibility of making it an offence to promote methods of circumventing the filter.

Did I miss something, or did Conroy just admit that a mandatory internet filter could be circumvented and therefore laws need to be introduced to make up for its failure? No, surely it can’t be that simple.

Given the veracity and frequency of my posts on the proposed mandatory internet filter in Australia I’m surprised it took me so long to sign their online petition. The record of online petitions doesn’t suggest this one will do anything towards changing attitudes, but it’s still critically important we all show our support.

Reading the excellent Open Internet blog by Electronic Frontiers Australia, I came across this excellent piece about the proposed mandatory filter that puts it into some badly needed perspective. It doesn’t protect children, it patronises them.

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In an article ripe with brash generalisations and blatant misinformation, Senator Conroy has directly attacked the critics of the proposed mandatory Great Internet Filter of Australia in a posting to The Punch.

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It seems as though Kevin Rudd and Barack Obama finally have something they disagree on: the US government has expressed concern over Senator Stephen Conroy’s plan for a mandatory internet filter. Guess that old headline above somehow isn’t as true anymore :P.

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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!*