🚀 go-pugleaf

On Fri, 2 Jul 1999 00:05:21 +0800, odo <NodoOfasch@Siinet.Pnet.AauM> wrote:
>David S. Maddison <maddison@power.connexus.net.au> wrote in message
>news:377afb35.0@news.internex.net.au...
>> Strangely, the passing of this Bill was hardly reported at all. I never
>> even heard it mentioned on the TV or radio.
>
>More and more I'm finding myself agreeing with Rod's perspective. Some of you
>people really need to get your eyes away from the net for a while and notice how
>little heed most Australians take of it.

That doesn't make this law right!  


>For starters, most Government bills, Federal and State, pass without any mention
>in the mainstream press.

Whereas legislation is more often discussed on the internet.  That
must really worry some people.  The idea of people knowing what the
parliament is up to - outrageous!

>
>Before or after the Bill being passed, Censorship (generally) is not a
>significant issue for most Australians. And yes, that really does mean that
>things will have to get really stupid before they get any better.

Count on it - most people in this country justify the use of the term
"slack jawed moron majority."

Reg.


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