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Re: Protest Rallies - new Aust. Net Censorship Law - Friday May 28

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From: Rod Speed
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 00:00
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yvonne <ycooke@enter.net.au> wrote in message news:374DAC82.63054CD8@enter.net.au...
> Rod Speed wrote:

>>> Another issue is a case where one member of a mailing list thought
>>> your e-mail was obscene, and formalised a complaint, while the rest
>>> of the group thought your e-mail was merely irreverent wit or satire.

>> Precisely the same situation applys when some stupid wowser starts
>> frothing at the mouth about what they have seen or heard in a movie
>> or on free to air TV. Doesnt get it removed automatically any time soon.

> Didn't stop the Hilux dog ad from getting shifted to a later time slot on TV!

Thats a different issue to censorship. Free to air TV has
had some constraints about what can be shown in the
early evening when the kids are likely to be watching.

There are also some controls on what can be shown in kids programming too.
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From: "Rod Speed" <rodspeed@ozemail.com.au>
Subject: Re: Protest Rallies - new Aust. Net Censorship Law - Friday May 28
Date: 1999/05/28
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