[AusNOG] Australian Censorship program to go ahead - Gillard supports a the great firewall

[Karl Auer]

On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 13:07 +1000, ComKal Networks wrote:
> > Let's say that I access a blacklisted website by bypassing the filter by 
> > whatever means.
> 
> <snip>
> 
> I would expect you would face the same consequences as you
> would being in posession of RC material in the form of banned
> goods (such as a book), if you get caught with goods.

I.e., no consequences. In general, it is not illegal to own RC content.

There are *specific kinds* of RC content, like CP, that *are* illegal to
own, but that is determined by other legislation and has nothing to do
with being RC. If you have a copy of "The Peaceful Pill" for example,
there is no legal problem at all.

Part of what is so distasteful about Conroy's pronouncements is that he
conflates material that is perfectly acceptable to most Australians
(such as information about euthanasia) with information that genuinely
is abhorrent.

It's part of the problem with RC, and thus part of the problem with the
proposed censorship scheme, that it makes no proper distinction between
these things.

Regards, K.

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