🚀 go-pugleaf

Jeeze Greg,

You frightened the hell out of me with this one !
As one of the only people in Australia who provides information about
diverse political organisations, I expected the thought police in my
driveway at any moment !

gtaylor@gil.com.au (Greg Taylor) wrote:

>Three directors of local Internet provider Span Pacific were 
>today arrested and charged under the new Internet Censorship
>Act.   The charges resulted from a complaint from the parent 
>of a 12-year old child who came across Nazi propaganda 
>material on  the Net.  Under the provisions of the new Act,
>the ISP is considered responsible if a minor accesses material
>which is unsuitable.

>Errr ... the dateline for the above story is 5th January 1997.

>See:
>     http://www.efa.org.au/Campaigns/stop.html

Anyone who thinks that the scenario Greg paints is far fetched is
wrong.
I have been telephoned by extremists from many political organisations
who threaten everything from civil action to having me fired from my
job. How long would my unbiased political information server last
under draconian censorship laws ?

My own children do not surf the net without supervision.
Why should I, or you, censor what we say or do because other people
couldn't be bothered doing their own parental duty of care ?

IMO  legislation should go the other way.
Make it an offence for children to view restricted information in the
same way it is an offence for them to access it off the Internet.
Make it an offence for parents to allow their children access to
restricted information in the same way it is an offence off the
Internet.
In fact, thewre is no need for new legislation THE CURRENT LAW
provides this protection !

We used to see shock ads on TV with the caption: "Do you know what
your children are doing right now?", perhaps we need a similar
campaign to educate parents about the Internet.

What we don't need is laws that hurt innocent people so that lazy
parents can forget about their duty of supervision.