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Article #73Re: Anti censorship activities suggestion
From: Ian Semmel
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 00:00
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 00:00
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Is that URL correct ? I can't get to it Martin K <meumax131@ozemail.xxx.xx> wrote in message news:3iiE3.16080$1E2.117800@ozemail.com.au... > Use one of those "Free 5" accounts from EISA (http://www.eiasafree5.com.au ) > as an expendable account from which to send the protest e-mails. I think the > idea of a single day on which we all send protest e-mails is a great idea. > Instead of having all of us send e-mails on different days, we can magnify the > effect. I nominate the day the GST comes into effect (1 July, 2000) for the > first mail bombing. That will cause some chaos! > > > >If you participated in this, your ISP would probably take you offline, so > >another account somewhere would be a help (this is not a bad idea anyway) > > > >Ananke <Ananke@ihug.com.au> wrote in message > >news:37dfbe8c.17003653@news.ihug.com.au... > >> > >> > >> I'm very disappointed that there hasn't been more action from any of > >> the supposed representative groups opposed to Internet Censorship. > >> > >> So. Not being one to sit on my hands. I have a suggestion. To make > >> the EFA and us 'net users look more militant, why not start organising > >> simple, well publicised campaigns to increase our profile? > >> > >> It wouldn't cost more than a dollar for most Aussie 'net users to fax > >> or snail mail a copy of John Perry Barlow's declaration of cyberspace > >> independence to their local fed MPs, the Liberal party, local papers, > >> major city papers and of course "dick" Alston. > >> > >> They can happily ignore us because we've been utterly pissweak so far. > >> This is our freedom of speech at stake. 300 people turning up to a > >> meeting on a Friday isn't good enough. > >> > >> But, something simple, cheap and doable by many people, might start > >> the ball rolling. Have a read of JPB's Declaration, > >> > >http://www.eff.org/pub/Publications/John_Perry_Barlow/barlow_0296.declarati o > >n > >> fax or snail mail it, with a paragraph saying that they aren't your > >> words, but they represent your feelings on the subject..... > >> > >> Next, we could send the Universal Human Rights Declaration, with > >> section 19 highlighted...... then the Australian Constitution with > >> reference to freedom of religion, since the proposed government > >> filters would prevent people seeing anything bearing "sin" or "lust". > >> > >> Lets get kicking in this simple way while the legal minds at EFA are > >> developing their responses to the legislation. > >> > >> Cheers, Ana > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Water is the cause of all drowning suicides. Ban Water. > >> http://internettrash.com/users/ananke > > > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fd95d,fa0c4eed42220156 X-Google-Attributes: gidfd95d,public X-Google-Thread: fa7f6,fa0c4eed42220156 X-Google-Attributes: gidfa7f6,public X-Google-Thread: 1083c4,fa0c4eed42220156 X-Google-Attributes: gid1083c4,public X-Google-Thread: 10df0c,fa0c4eed42220156 X-Google-Attributes: gid10df0c,public From: "Ian Semmel" <isemmel@rocketcomp.com.au> Subject: Re: Anti censorship activities suggestion Date: 1999/09/17 Message-ID: <ru3q5n4blg755@news.supernews.com> X-Deja-AN: 526220483 References: <37dfbe8c.17003653@news.ihug.com.au> <ru2o05f0igb80@news.supernews.com> <3iiE3.16080$1E2.117800@ozemail.com.au> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Newsgroups: aus.org.efa,aus.censorship,aus.general,aus.politics