#23 | 22 December 2009, 11:01 PM
In an attempt to sound pretentious and up my arse, I'm instead going to keep this plain and simple. Where the fuck is my liberty?
As an avid user of the internet and believer of freedom of speech, this shit has pissed me the fuck off. I have always supported the American Bill of Rights because of the freedom it ensures. Next thing I know I find out we have an "implied" freedom of speech clause in the Australian Constitution. Yet we have mostly uncensored prime-time television especially when Rove was on Channel Ten however, prime-time television in the US is censored to the point that it's ridiculous.
On Rove you can literally say "suck dick" at 9pm on Australian television, yet in the US on The Late Show with David Letterman you cannot even say "shit" or "bastard".
All I'm saying is, is that we have been a pretty free-going country when it comes to censoring film, television and music. So why must we take such a step back on what Australia is all about and censor the internet? This time it's the internet, next it's video games even further, then movies and more...
As an avid user of the internet and believer of freedom of speech, this shit has pissed me the fuck off. I have always supported the American Bill of Rights because of the freedom it ensures. Next thing I know I find out we have an "implied" freedom of speech clause in the Australian Constitution. Yet we have mostly uncensored prime-time television especially when Rove was on Channel Ten however, prime-time television in the US is censored to the point that it's ridiculous.
On Rove you can literally say "suck dick" at 9pm on Australian television, yet in the US on The Late Show with David Letterman you cannot even say "shit" or "bastard".
All I'm saying is, is that we have been a pretty free-going country when it comes to censoring film, television and music. So why must we take such a step back on what Australia is all about and censor the internet? This time it's the internet, next it's video games even further, then movies and more...
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#25 | 23 December 2009, 9:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Đarksteel 
In an attempt to sound pretentious and up my arse, I'm instead going to keep this plain and simple. Where the fuck is my liberty?As an avid user of the internet and believer of freedom of speech, this shit has pissed me the fuck off. I have always supported the American Bill of Rights because of the freedom it ensures. Next thing I know I find out we have an "implied" freedom of speech clause in the Australian Constitution. Yet we have mostly uncensored prime-time television especially when Rove was on Channel Ten however, prime-time television in the US is censored to the point that it's ridiculous.
On Rove you can literally say "suck dick" at 9pm on Australian television, yet in the US on The Late Show with David Letterman you cannot even say "shit" or "bastard".
All I'm saying is, is that we have been a pretty free-going country when it comes to censoring film, television and music. So why must we take such a step back on what Australia is all about and censor the internet? This time it's the internet, next it's video games even further, then movies and more...
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#26 | 11 January 2010, 6:27 PM
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They'll rape my freedom like an old, fat, disgusting paedophile will rape some 8 year old, head pressed up against the ice cold wall, eyes glazed over, silent and defeated. (Disturbingly poetic eh?
...) These people don't care about our rights. What matters to them is the illusion of safety they give certain groups so that those groups vote for "the right people"... I bet after they get the votes they want the whole thing gets quietly pushed aside
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#27 | 11 January 2010, 6:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Đarksteel
In an attempt to sound pretentious and up my arse, I'm instead going to keep this plain and simple. Where the fuck is my liberty?As an avid user of the internet and believer of freedom of speech, this shit has pissed me the fuck off. I have always supported the American Bill of Rights because of the freedom it ensures. Next thing I know I find out we have an "implied" freedom of speech clause in the Australian Constitution. Yet we have mostly uncensored prime-time television especially when Rove was on Channel Ten however, prime-time television in the US is censored to the point that it's ridiculous.
On Rove you can literally say "suck dick" at 9pm on Australian television, yet in the US on The Late Show with David Letterman you cannot even say "shit" or "bastard".
All I'm saying is, is that we have been a pretty free-going country when it comes to censoring film, television and music. So why must we take such a step back on what Australia is all about and censor the internet? This time it's the internet, next it's video games even further, then movies and more...
And shame on you for saying liberty! Didn't you know that died like... a generation ago? (*clearly being sarcastic, fyi*)
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#28 | 17 January 2010, 1:33 PM
Oh yeah, here's a bit of a preview of Aliens VS Predator showing why the OFLC initially refused classification for it... A video explanation of why Aliens vs. Predator was temporarily banned in Australia ...I can't believe they got this through as MA15+ and Left 4 Dead 2 had to be edited. Such bullshit.
I guess it really does matter how much money the company is prepared to bribe with...
I guess it really does matter how much money the company is prepared to bribe with...
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#30 | 28 March 2010, 8:37 PM
Right on. They call us paranoid for wanting our freedoms and liberties to remain intact? Proponents goad us that we're unwilling to pay for our liberty? Hm, I thought the price of freedom was to protect it. Strange.
Nah, you are well within your right to be pissed off. And I back you on that. Once freedoms are gone, is it possible to get them back? Not within a human lifetime--or barely, I'll wager. Forget reasonable time-spans. Not even considering the fight that will be on your hands for it.
Ironic how all these filter measures are actually just isolating people more than actually making them secure which you pointed out with how indiscriminate they are about blocking sites. (Not that security is *actually* guaranteed anywhere on the net anyways.) Still, some of the things really make you scratch your head.
There are so many more things I'd like to rail on about but I'm afraid are only barely relevant to internet censorship. Fuck censorship. I thought it was patriotic to protect freedoms, not destroy them?
Ah, the wonderful parade of the imminent move to control the internet and tax you for every little thing you do. Considering IRL how police punish the victim in cases of perpetrators that fled and got away from a victim who was trying to defend him/her self...I can just imagine what will happen once this head-up-ass style of management and law enforcement take over the internet.
Interpol: "Did you tell this hacker in a threatening tone to 'knock it off or they'll be sorry'?"
Citizen: "Uh, yeah."
Interpol: *SMACK!* "We're going to have to write you up for threatening and trolling."
Ridiculous.
Nah, you are well within your right to be pissed off. And I back you on that. Once freedoms are gone, is it possible to get them back? Not within a human lifetime--or barely, I'll wager. Forget reasonable time-spans. Not even considering the fight that will be on your hands for it.
Ironic how all these filter measures are actually just isolating people more than actually making them secure which you pointed out with how indiscriminate they are about blocking sites. (Not that security is *actually* guaranteed anywhere on the net anyways.
) Still, some of the things really make you scratch your head. There are so many more things I'd like to rail on about but I'm afraid are only barely relevant to internet censorship. Fuck censorship. I thought it was patriotic to protect freedoms, not destroy them?
Ah, the wonderful parade of the imminent move to control the internet and tax you for every little thing you do. Considering IRL how police punish the victim in cases of perpetrators that fled and got away from a victim who was trying to defend him/her self...I can just imagine what will happen once this head-up-ass style of management and law enforcement take over the internet.
Interpol: "Did you tell this hacker in a threatening tone to 'knock it off or they'll be sorry'?"
Citizen: "Uh, yeah."
Interpol: *SMACK!* "We're going to have to write you up for threatening and trolling."
Ridiculous.
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