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I hadn’t considered those seeking medical advice! You make an excellent point by addressing that. It also made me remember (with some chagrin) when I had just crested the hill of puberty and found myself terrified by notions that there might be something amiss with my body in some way.

Though there wasn’t, I might never have been reassured of my normality without the numerous websites on the topic I browsed (These not being pornographic, but rather Q&A type sites on the subject). In the context of your post, I imagine sites like this might also suffer accidental blocking. I can’t speak for any other children, but this certainly would have distressed me.

I’m astounded that this breathtakingly absurd plan has come even this far. Surely educated people realize by now that censorship is a gross obstructor of the autonomy of rational human agents.

Not to chalk Conroy’s plan up to any one thing, but I read an article (which I struggled to track down and, enragingly, couldn’t) where he quoted a bible reference (something about Gadarene pigs going over a cliff) and then explained about being part of a Christian subculture in the article comments. I can’t help thinking this adds some personal validity for him. Censorship is precisely what a literally interpreted Christian god would be after.

I’m doing a survey on my blog about this very issue: http://www.covenanteyes.com/blog/2008/12/10/sex-and-politics-australias-new-political-party-takes-on-the-mandatory-internet-filter/

Stop by and leave your thoughts!

(For those playing at home, for several months each year, Archie manages a store in a remote aboriginal community in Western Australia. When he suddenly called himself “arkwright of the desert”, I thought it was a reference to one of his recent jokes about Noah’s Ark. However he’s actually referring to the main character in “Open All Hours”, a shopkeeper named Arkwright played by Ronnie Barker.)

Sam,
Thanks for pointing that out.
Cheers — Mike (*races off to check nuts*)

I received radiotherapy as preventative treatment following an orchidectomy (men 12-50, check your nuts monthly). As part of this, I experienced extreme nausea. I used the world wide web to read up on the use of cannabis in treating nausea, including some rather useful sites which “instructed in crime” by discussing cannabis administration for nausea purposes. In the end, my research of scientific tests convinced me of the greater success of other medical nausea treatments, and the one supplied by the hospital worked admirably.

Instruction in crimes is grounds for material to be Refused Classification, material that would be blocked by Conroy’s filter.

I’m glad that my internet connection was uncensored, and that I could use the internet to make an informed patient decision regarding treatment.

with thanks for your post.

I know out in the desert Archie, you get all the slow internet you need, and more! Senator Conroy is now planning to make it even slower for you.

When they censored gambling sites,
I did not speak out; I was not a gambler.

When they blocked sites on anorexia,
I did not speak out; as I have healthy eating habits.

When they censored cancer and colitis forums,
I did not speak out; I believed to be unaffected.

When they came to censor me;
There was no-one left to speak out.

You get the picture…

Thanks to you too, Sam. Keep up the good work.

Yes, Jasmine. If it comes to a choice between connection speed and protecting children, parents are going to choose protecting children every time. (or 93% of the time anyway) But in this case, Senator Conroy’s plan doesn’t protect children. In fact, it places them at more risk than ever. 87% of a pool fence is worse than no pool fence at all.