British Government Proposes Universal Ban on Net Porn

[Delusibeta]

massice rant snip![/i]

Replace the word "Conservative" with the phrase "every politican ever", and I might agree with you. (Labour was no better).

On topic: This won't work. It'll never work. Porn sites will inevitably work around any blockage, and I'll be more concerned about censorship and/or blocking largely innocent sites (e.g. Tumblr, DevianArt, YouTube, Facebook...)

Labour may not have been better at running the country, but it was for entirely different reasons. The Conservatives are only in touch with the upper class elite, and they honestly believe that the country would be better off returning to the social values and norms of the forties and before (I wish I was kidding, but you only have to look at their changes made while in power already)

Labour believed in change, which is nice, but they had no idea how to get there. All of their policies can be divided into two camps, quick fixes for the monumental fuck-up the Conservatives left them (anyone remember the poll tax riots?) and long term planning which only took into account the sector in which the long term plan was put into place. They would enact an Education degree without seeing whether it was feasible from a budgetary standpoint, or establish a Foreign Policy doctrine without first checking how it affected the military.

Politics is politics. The principle now is to stay in power as long as you can. After Maggie Thatcher Milk-Snatcher managed ten years, all Tony Blair wanted was to outlast her. He chose his own time to leave, when he should have left earlier to give his party a real chance to elect a new leader for the General Election, but instead he hung about until he had beaten Maggie's record.

I wouldn't say that no politician cares for the people anymore, because there are clearly Old-Labour backbenchers and some up and coming Lib Dems who do care, but they don't understand how the game works, which means that they get crushed by the more experienced players. Clegg might not care about anyone but himself but the Lib Dem's Business Secretary Vince Cable is very uncomfortable with his party's bedmates. Unfortunately, he can do nothing except leave, meaning that one more voice of reason and the people would be gone. It is a lose-lose situation for everyone, but most of all the British public.

So, basically you agree with me, since Labour screwed up more than enough times for me never to trust them (e.g. Iraq war, top-up fees, Digital Economy bill of which this proposal was the logical extention of, general incompetance of economy etc). Face it, had Labour stayed in power, things would not be better.

 

[Jamous]

Snip

Basically, this.

Also, I don't know the details about english university applications, but if everything does go tits up for you in terms of financing higher education, you might want to consider coming up to Scotland to study. If you have the academic prowess to qualify for Cambridge, you should be able to get into St Andrews, and definitely Edinburgh or Glasgow Uni. The reason I say this because Scottish students automatically get their fees paid by the Government. So the Gov. can afford it, fees have to be kept low, so for example, an Under Grad. degree at Edinburgh costs roughly £3.5K.

So when courses down south start costing six grand and upwards, you could net yourself a bargain up north.

Good luck with your GCSEs/A Levels/OWLS/whatever it is english people sit.

We take NEWTS my good man! NEWTS! Been a while since I heard an HP ref towards education.
Anyways, I might well have to do that. Thanks very much for the heads up!

 

[Leftnt Sharpe]

I really can't see this happening, I mean Gay Porn is one of the last bastions of hope for Tories who are trying to stay in closet.

 

[Distorted Stu]

The question is.. 4chan be banned?

 

[Darth Sea Bass]

The question is.. 4chan be banned?

I'd say that'd be a strong possibilty!

 

[Distorted Stu]

The question is.. 4chan be banned?

I'd say that'd be a strong possibilty!

Mmm truth, but the whole "extreme porn ban" the UK has set up still hasnt stopped me witnessing some very wrong stuff.

 

[kebab4you]

*30 years from now*
Person A: Hey! You remember back in the day when parents had to supervise what there children was doing?
Person B: haha, yeah. What a waste of time, good thing our government is doing that now, I don't even have to feed my own kid anymore, good times!

 

[AngryMongoose]

And these fuckers are running our country.

 

[The Admiral]

Do these people not remember being kids themselves and stumbling upon their father's or brother's porn stash. It is all a part of growing up.

 

[Zykon TheLich]

What the government plans to do and what the government actually does are often very different things. Still, one to watch.

 

[Negatempest]

This is just straight up lazy parenting and making nudity look "evil". Like that kind of bull**** we don't want to go through again.

 

[Delusibeta]

It's still miles better than the Australian version. They don't GIVE us the option to opt in.

That said, I find it incredibly strange how countries that I once looked up to as being liberal and free beacons have suddenly fallen into the hands of ultra-conservatives: Australia, UK, US and even Japan. How did this happen?

Political swing to the right over the last three decades or so. The public got what the public wants. Although, to be fair, I wouldn't be surprised had Labour proposed this instead of the Tories. I think it's very much in their territory.

 

[Xennon]

The main problem is, it just won't work.

Lets be honest, the majority of men look at porn on the internet. If fathers of kids still want to look at porn on the internet (and they will), they will opt in. They aren't just opting themselves in, they are opting their household in, so now their kids can look at porn just as they can now!

If parents want to protect their kids from adult material on the internet, they have to secure it within their household using tools ISP's provide or purchasable software. Blocking everyone or noone in a household is pointless. The solution is too generalised and hopefully people with a modicum of sense will realise this.

 

[Archonic Energy]

can you imagine how many people would turn up to a "bring back the porn" march once they were told it would be covered by the news...

None. who want's to be seen on the telly asking for Porn?!

this is a job for Anon!

 

[mattaui]

The British seem to love an all-powerful central government that controls most aspects of their lives, so this doesn't come as a surprise. Another terribly invasive idea that takes away freedoms from individuals and won't solve any problems, while commercial avenues for this sort of thing already exist. There aren't just home software solutions, but at least there used to be ISPs that specifically advertised that they'd do this for you.

 

[tehfeen83]

In 20 years time we'll be living in fucking Iran. Can't wait, cheers to all the morons who voted in a conservative govt.

 

[Iggy Rufflebar]

There is only one response to this:

This looks like a job for anonymous.

 

[somonels]

The most pathetic thing I have read of this week.

 

[Plurralbles]

if it got passed in the states I would actively campaign against school levies.

If you're not going to be a socially responsible parent and are going to screw me over by having people ***** and moan so you don't have to do your job, I'm going to make you directly responsible for funding your kid's education from preschool to graduation from college fucker.

There is only one response to this:

This looks like a job for anonymous.

that site would be the first filtered out.


Good bye /s