Comments on: Aussie PM plans porno blacklist

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:26:22 +0000

To huh:

How exactly is slowing down the internet on someone’s personal subjective whim a good thing; and how would it stop “exploiting people”?

Look up the word “pornography” in any dictionary and you’ll find that ‘pornography’ becomes a very subjective category.

Would a nude painting be pornography? To some it would be, to some it wouldn’t.
Would a photo of a topless woman be pornography? How about the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue? How about Victoria’s Secret lingerie website? Again, it’s pornography for some, and not for others.
What about sites that contain anatomical drawings, medical photos, or sexual education diagrams and pictures?

By: huh

huh — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:51:42 +0000

Good for him. Stop exploiting people!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:02:35 +0000

I can’t add anything that the last poster siad, but this an incredibly stupid idea.

I’d be beyond pissed off if I were living in Australia.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:13:16 +0000

He’d best get a handle on spam then. Seems all persuasive here for most folks. I never see much spam but then I know not to put it out on the net where it can be obtained from others. Only the most closest get it.

Slowing down the speed of the ISPs is not going to sit well with the Aussies. Lord they already have some of the most snail like speeds for internet surfing and I have heard a many of them complain of both the poor speed and the regular stepping down of what speed there is during business hours. Many of them are not happy campers as it is over the speed issue.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:59:16 +0000

What an ignorant douche. It’s not up to one person to control access to content just because of their own moral objection. Take away free speech and you begin to destroy democracy itself.