🚀 go-pugleaf

David S. Maddison (maddison@connexus.apana.org.au) tapped out:
: In aus.censorship On-line Services <online@s054.aone.net.au> wrote:
: : For the information of those on the aus.org.efa, aus.org.acs, and to
: : warm your hearts, aus.censorship newsgroups.
: 
: The only remaining problem is to make them recognise that censorship is a
: BadThing.

And that censorship is not the answer to 'protecting the children(tm)' and
if it was, surely not at the expense of freedom of expression for adults.

: 
: It would also be nice if Senator Altson or his representative would join
: us in these fora for some on-line debate

I seriously doubt they would be game. How do you think one individual
without a specific interst in the issue of net censorship woudl stand up
to a whole bunch of posts each day from the most prominent posters to
aus.censorship.

: (prior to his censorship
: legislation that is, it might not even be possible after that).
: 
Actually, it probably would still be ok. Just so long as you didn't say
anything unsuitable for minors in the process. Then again, maybe they
would argue that radical free speech posts are unsuitable for minors?

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