Just following on from this weeks netcast (episode 12), The Sydney Morning Herald published a story today that says the Senate is having some problems with Prime Minister Rudd’s proposal. This is very good news.
I have a real problem with this proposal because it would infringe on everyone’s basic freedoms. I am not a supporter of child pornography or any other illegal activity, but when a proposal like this can come out and say that it wants to filter out (read “ban”) offensive material as well, alarm bells go off in my head! Offensive to who?
In the article today, Senator Ludlam said server-level filtering imposed a kind of censorship that “runs counter to what the internet is all about”. The Government would be better investing the filtering money in law enforcement and education.
“I think it’s really quite misguided,” Senator Ludlam said.
I could not have agreed with him more. If people break the law, enforce the law but if people just want to satisfy a sexual curiosity (and it doesn’t break the law) they should be allowed to. If we had a more open minded approach to sex (and let’s face it, this is all about sex), we probably wouldn’t find the act of a man and a woman having intercourse offensive!
Anyway, read the article at the link above and listen to episode 12 of our netcast if you want a little back story.
