Comments on: The Great Firewall of Australia? http://pushingthesky.net/2008/10/24/the-great-firewall-of-australia/ bylines you can ignore, since 1998 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:24:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: karan http://pushingthesky.net/2008/10/24/the-great-firewall-of-australia/comment-page-1/#comment-12020 karan Sun, 02 Nov 2008 08:27:17 +0000 http://pushingthesky.net/?p=944#comment-12020 Indeed - to think that the Liberals and the Greens are both on the same side of this debate is something that should send a real message :) I'm hoping it's more than shelved, if only just to put it out of temptation from someone sneaking it in as a rider on some other piece of legislation more acceptable to the minor parties. This is also why it's reassuring to have the Senate acting as a proper house of review. I'm guessing there weren't too many at the protest because it isn't exactly a visible issue to most, and there's the (legitimate) child-protection factor to which is going to inevitably cloud the issue of other freedoms and make protest a little unpopular. Indeed – to think that the Liberals and the Greens are both on the same side of this debate is something that should send a real message :) I’m hoping it’s more than shelved, if only just to put it out of temptation from someone sneaking it in as a rider on some other piece of legislation more acceptable to the minor parties. This is also why it’s reassuring to have the Senate acting as a proper house of review.

I’m guessing there weren’t too many at the protest because it isn’t exactly a visible issue to most, and there’s the (legitimate) child-protection factor to which is going to inevitably cloud the issue of other freedoms and make protest a little unpopular.

]]> By: Nathan http://pushingthesky.net/2008/10/24/the-great-firewall-of-australia/comment-page-1/#comment-12018 Nathan Sat, 01 Nov 2008 10:23:25 +0000 http://pushingthesky.net/?p=944#comment-12018 I'm hoping we'll see this issue quietly shelved, but nothing's guaranteed just yet. Coupled with the recent news of the SA Attorney-General blocking any public debate about a possible R18+ classification for games, I have to wonder where this country is heading in terms of our own freedom of speech. Still, as long as the Liberals and the Greens continue to oppose it (and who would have ever thought we'd see those two on the same side?), it doesn't stand much of a chance. I actually went to a protest in the city today for it, and...pretty much nobody was there. I'm hoping it was just poor planning on the part of the organisers. Clearly they haven't heard Myspace is passé now and Facebook is where you need to advertise things. :P I’m hoping we’ll see this issue quietly shelved, but nothing’s guaranteed just yet. Coupled with the recent news of the SA Attorney-General blocking any public debate about a possible R18+ classification for games, I have to wonder where this country is heading in terms of our own freedom of speech. Still, as long as the Liberals and the Greens continue to oppose it (and who would have ever thought we’d see those two on the same side?), it doesn’t stand much of a chance.

I actually went to a protest in the city today for it, and…pretty much nobody was there. I’m hoping it was just poor planning on the part of the organisers. Clearly they haven’t heard Myspace is passé now and Facebook is where you need to advertise things. :P

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