http://michaelwyres.com/2010/02/internet-censorship-politician-education-required/ musings of a geek Fri, 18 May 2012 02:12:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://michaelwyres.com/2010/02/internet-censorship-politician-education-required/#comment-19 Position Vacant: Communications Minister Wed, 07 Apr 2010 05:56:29 +0000 http://michaelwyres.com/?p=425#comment-19 [...] Wrong – (what else did we expect?) – the “Future Reference Machine” found a quote from your department that says “the attacks were not a legitimate form of political statement. They were “totally irresponsible and potentially deny services to the Australian public”. That’s the idea. They are making a political point by bringing their plight to the attention of the Australian public – thereby making it by definition, a “political statement”. Further, imposing a mandatory internet filter upon Australian internet access is also actually “denying services to the Australian public”. FUTURE REFERENCE [...] [...] Wrong – (what else did we expect?) – the “Future Reference Machine” found a quote from your department that says “the attacks were not a legitimate form of political statement. They were “totally irresponsible and potentially deny services to the Australian public”. That’s the idea. They are making a political point by bringing their plight to the attention of the Australian public – thereby making it by definition, a “political statement”. Further, imposing a mandatory internet filter upon Australian internet access is also actually “denying services to the Australian public”. FUTURE REFERENCE [...]

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