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Some thoughts for the "Electronic Freedom March on NSW Parliament" leaflet:

>The Carr government doesn't understand this. It wants to spend hundreds
>of millions to put in policemen with eavesdropping equipment all over
>NSW.

I think that you should really play up the costs involved in attempting to
police this sort of legislation, both the technology required, and the man
(sorry that should be person) hours required to scan/read through the
hundreds of mega bytes of information added to the net daily looking for
"offensive" material.

This more than anything could sway people if they can be convinced that
it is a great waste of money that could be used on better things, for
example: hospitals, health, education, public services, etc.


>(1) The government wants to protect children from the naughty things on the 
>Internet.
>(2) The government is pushing children onto the Internet through the education
>deptartments.
>(3) Is the government being responsible in (2)?
>(4) Why is the government trying to get kids on-line, if the Internet is so bad?
>(5) Why should the government actions in (2) result in the *adults* being told 
>>what they can and cannot see, and what they can and cannot read?
>(6) Why are parents allowing (2) to happen, if they are worried about the 
>materials the kids will be exposed to?

These are very good points which probably should be emphasized more.  If the
internet is so bad, why are the various government educational facilities
pushing to get school kids connected???????

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