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Monday 15th March 2010

Never before seen in a democracy…

No Filter, No Censorship, No Great Firewall of Australia

Remember when I said (and Craig said) Australia was starting to lose global respect because of Conroy’s internet filter scheme? It’s started.

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Saturday 06th March 2010

Australia starting to lose global respect

No Filter, No Censorship, No Great Firewall of Australia

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:

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Wednesday 03rd March 2010

Possible reason for mixed Rudd premier meeting?

No Filter, No Censorship, No Great Firewall of Australia

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

Responding to Aussie internet filter email #1

No Filter, No Censorship, No Great Firewall of Australia

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.

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Hate mail on my Aussie internet filter posts

No Filter, No Censorship, No Great Firewall of Australia

Having posted several entries on the Australian Government’s plan to implement a compulsory national internet filter, it seems I’ve unwittingly rattled a few nerves. For the first time since coming out as an atheist back in 2007 I’ve started receiving email about a series of posts here, all of them not good.

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Tuesday 16th February 2010

Welcome to the 21st century Conroy, Atkinson

No Filter, No Censorship, No Clean Feed, No Great Firewall of Australia

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.

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Wednesday 10th February 2010

Conroy compares Aussie Firewall to China

Senator Conroy

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:

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Kent Brockman on 80% Aussie firewall support

No Filter, No Censorship, No Clean Feed, No Great Firewall of Australia

Just when we thought this nonsense couldn’t get any worse, ZDNet Australia is reporting 80% of respondents to a phone poll support Labor’s plan for a mandatory internet filter.

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Monday 21st December 2009

The Great Australian and Chinese Firewalls

No Filter, No Censorship, No Clean Feed, No Great Firewall of Australia

"This is a fabrication. We all know [Australian currency] can be used to buy food, drink, houses, and cars. And it can also be used to buy drugs, guns, ammunition, and even prostitutes. Can you say that the [Aussie Dollar] is illegal and committing obscene acts?"

That in fact wasn’t a quote regarding the upcoming Great Firewall of Australia, it was originally about the Great Firewall of China. That the same point can be made for both should be terrifying.

Tuesday 15th December 2009

Great Firewall of Australia will happen

No Filter, No Censorship, No Clean Feed, No Great Firewall of Australia

It’s that nonsensical idea we thought common sense and overwhelming evidence against its effectiveness would kill once and for all, but here we are on the brink of the introduction of the Great Firewall of Australia. Whooptie-friggen-do.

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Dedicated to my groovy late mum Debra Schade.