🚀 go-pugleaf

Trent Waddington wrote:

>                PROTEST THE GOVERNMENT'S INTERNET CENSORSHIP BILL
>
>                 BRISBANE RALLY, ROMA ST, FRIDAY 28th MAY 12.30pm
>
> As part of a National Day of Action, Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA)
> and local ISPs will be holding a rally in Brisbane on Friday 28th May
> commencing at 12.30pm in the Roma Street Forum. A number of speakers will
> address censorship issues.  There may be a march to the Commonwealth
> Parliament offices at Waterfront Place where it is planned to arrange for
> an MP or Senator to receive a deputation.  If you need further information
> or would like to help with the organisation of the rally, contact Greg
> Taylor <gtaylor@efa.org.au> or Terry Giufre-Sweetser <terry@tdce.com.au>
> A flyer is available here:
>    http://www.efa.org.au/Campaigns/may28/bris.html
> For general information about this apalling piece of legislation, and
> actions in other capital cities, see the EFA website:
>    http://www.efa.org.au
>
> The proposed Bill will be debated in the Senate this week.  The Bill has
> been opposed by every industry association in Australia but the government
> is rushing it through Parliament without proper consultation.  It will
> achieve nothing but will impose onerous liabilities on ISPs, resulting in
> poorer services and higher costs for all Internet users.  No other country
> in the world is planning anything like this.  Australia is destined to
> become the Global Village Idiot if this Bill is passed.
>
>         COME TO THE RALLY AND SHOW YOUR OPPOSITION TO THE LEGISLATION
>
>                ROMA ST. FORUM, BRISBANE, 12.30pm FRIDAY 28 MAY
>
>                  ------- Please pass this message on -------
>
>

Pleasure, but could I just remind you all that 10s of 1000s of Shooters had a
similar
rally in Brisbane a couple of years ago and the response from the guvmint was
"get fucked, you have no rights" and a willingness to spend half a billion
dollars 'banning' something to 'protect the kiddies'.  Starting to sound
familiar yet?  A few of us in here predicted the net would come
under attack next and many were labelled 'conspiracy nuts'.  Well, the
day has arrived - here we go for another round of chucking money at
smokescreens and ignoring the real problems.

Last week there were ~= 6,800 children under 14 living on the
street in WA alone.  This is not supposed to happen in Australia,
it's not fucking Brazil.

Mark.