[AusNOG] What are we , collectively, doing about the impending mandatatory censorship scheme?

[Jacob Gardiner]

I thought of voting for the Greens, Until I realised the votes count towards liberals. 

I'm not in favour of Labor or Liberal this election and I'll either submit a blank form at the box or request my voting privileges be removed until they give me some decent options to chose from. 


On 08/07/2010, at 11:00 AM, Daniel Hood wrote:

> Does anyone on this list actually do any work?!? It seems like every 10 minutes I check my emails, I have like 5 emails from Karl, 4 from Matt Moyle-Croft and a couple of hundred from others... Kidding guys.
> 
> I think I'm going to vote Greens aswell. I didn't think we had a Pirate party in Aus though?
> 
> Dan
> 
> On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Kai <vk6ksj at westnet.com.au> wrote:
> Right now, I'm probly voting Greens, then Pirate party...ACL, Labor and Liberal can go last!
> Greens are the only mainstream party who look like they've got their head screwed on properley.
> 
> Only problem is, since political parties have shown their members have no accountability, or responsibility, and that they can go ahead with whatever they want, no matter how much we tell them we don't want it, how do we know that the next mob we vote in are going to keep their promises?
> 
> Kate Lundy, please make your way to the stage...
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matthew Moyle-Croft" <mmc at internode.com.au>
> To: "David Mitchell" <me at shutupdave.com>
> Cc: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
> Sent: Thursday, 8 July, 2010 9:34:11 AM GMT +09:30 Darwin
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] What are we , collectively, doing about the impending     mandatatory censorship scheme?
> 
> Hi Dave,
> Yeah, I know they have no actual published/formal position.  That's why I asked if people knew.  The whole problem is that the Opposition isn't the logical choice.
> 
> What we need is some celebrities to back the cause.
> 
> MMC
> 
> On 08/07/2010, at 9:02 AM, David Mitchell wrote:
> 
> > On 8/07/2010 00:48, Matthew Moyle-Croft wrote:
> >> Senate seats might hurt them, but ask yourself this:
> >>
> >> What do you know about the Opposition's views on the filter?   If Labor
> >> lose will it mean scraping the idea or claiming it as their own to claim
> >> the same voting block?
> >>
> >> If the Opposition support it and so do Labor then the minorities are
> >> irrelevant in the Senate.
> >
> > According to The Age today:
> >
> > "The federal opposition is yet to formalise its position on the
> > mandatory filter."
> >
> > http://www.theage.com.au/national/pm-vows-to-block-dark-side-of-net-20100707-100og.html
> >
> > IIRC it was their idea in the first place, and Labor picked it up as a
> > "me-too" policy while they were in opposition.
> >
> > - Dave
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