BEFORE you start screaming "racist whore", this picture is from the website I am posting about, Encyclopedia Dramatica. I am using it to demonstrate the content of the website (apparently this our national symbol) and by no means agree with racist statements such as these myself.
Now that I've written a disclaimer...
The Australian Federal Government is pushing forward with a plan to force Internet Service Providers [ISPs] to censor the Internet for all Australians. One of the websites that the Australian government wants to block is encyclopedia dramatica. In true Australian style, everyone is up in arms about the content of this website and its portrayal of Australia.
Australians take great pride in their cultural diversity through such large gatherings as "The Sydney Race Riots" and legislation such as "The White Australia Policy", which luminously highlight the country's warm fuzzy feelings for coloured people. It was not long ago that famed racism ambassador Pauline Hanson, a.k.a. Hitler.au, was a serious political contender, until she was sent to prison for political incorrectness. She subsequently returned to reach the finals on Dancing With the Stars, even though she couldn't dance for shit, proving that she was in fact more popular than VB and meat pies.
For statements such as these, the Australian government wants to sue ED for human rights violations.
Has it ever occurred to these outraged citizens that the people writing this stuff are probably Australian?
Oh, also, its a JOKE.
They say pretty shitty stuff about every country. Lebanon is described as the "Aspie whore child of Syria". I'm not even sure what that means, but it isn't nice. They go on to say that Arabs can not comprehend basic math and that they're constantly "raping the hell out of each other".
The page about Armenia shows a picture of corpses from the Armenian genocide. The page about Jews displays a Jaws movie poster with a Jewish person portrayed as a shark.
Despite how disgusting most of the content is, I don't want it blocked. I believe this Internet filter would be an assault on democratic values. It seems that by uttering the phrase "child pornography" any politician can get any law passed here. It has become the scapegoat for everything in Australian society, whipping up intense moral panic.
What else will be blocked if this law is passed? The Australian Sex Party website has been listed, as well as websites advocating euthanasia.
During the state election in South Australia is was ordered that all bloggers use their real names when posting. This could soon be a reality nationwide, judging by the government's determination to restrict citizen's access to public content.
To learn more about this shitty idea, visit:
http://nocleanfeed.com/learn.html
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