oh, fantastic, thats what we need, porn based mafia, trolls roving the *actual* streets in packs, millions of homicidal sexually frustrated nerds wandering around.dalek sec said:
British Government Proposes Universal Ban on Net Porn
- Thread starter Andy Chalk
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Haha, i got a giggle aswell.RvLeshrac said:
OT: It won't happen. To many over reactions in this thread. And if it does? I'll just call up my ISP and ask to reactivate it. No big deal.
ISP Operator: How may i help you, Sir?
Me: Give me my fucking porn!!!
ISP Operator: Okay, Sir. Right away.
why do these damn soccer moms keep popping up everywhere and threatening my entertainment? first tokyo banning all the good shit and now this. america better not have any retarded ideas.
You know how almost every website in existance is mirroring WikiLeaks right now to support Mr. Julian Assange? Well with porn sites, it'll be that time a million or so. It would be quite literally impossible to keep up.geldonyetich said:
Whats to stop your ISP from letting EVERYONE YOU'VE EVER KNOWN know that you requested the right to access porn? What happens when you're employer fires you because they consider you "deviant" for watching porn? Never-mind whether you actually watch it or not. Yeah, you're right. I don't see how that could possibly lead to anything bad.Commander Breetai said:
EDIT: Wow triple post, oops.
It's not everyone just some religous or political wacko's who want attention, like trolls pay them no attention and they'll go away. I mean if this went through the press would have a field day with this not to mention that quite a few mp's wouldn't be happy and harriet harman's husband.Gahars said:
I can hack through the school programs that block the inappropriate sites, (supposedly the gov. made the program) its not that hard, if this passes, all the kids will know this method too, it'll be an exposed private handshake.
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?
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?
Why? Why not have the people who do not want pornography content request such filters? Why not have these same people be the ones to request television censorship as well? I'm sure the rest of the population that is not living inside of a bubble is perfectly capable of deciding what they want to expose themselves to, not the Government.
Parents already have a large array of resources at their disposal; it is simply a matter of being competent enough to use them. Why should those who are not get a break at the expense of all else, though? They provide the essential means of access to various content (Games, music, movies, internet, ect.) and have only themselves to blame when innocent little Timmy starts killing hookers in Grand Theft Auto, listening to NWA, watches saw, and googles "naked."
There are two general types of parental controls:
1) Those that allow parents to filter what their child is exposed to and
2) Contraceptives that prevent the dolts of the world from becoming parents in the first place.
Parents already have a large array of resources at their disposal; it is simply a matter of being competent enough to use them. Why should those who are not get a break at the expense of all else, though? They provide the essential means of access to various content (Games, music, movies, internet, ect.) and have only themselves to blame when innocent little Timmy starts killing hookers in Grand Theft Auto, listening to NWA, watches saw, and googles "naked."
There are two general types of parental controls:
1) Those that allow parents to filter what their child is exposed to and
2) Contraceptives that prevent the dolts of the world from becoming parents in the first place.
My Reaction. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n5E7feJHw0] This is the lamest idea I've heard in a while, seriously, it cracked me up.
I'd make some semi-witty quip about having parents supervise their children and these measures being unnecessary, but eh. It's all about censorship these days - the UK is merely trying to catch up to America's level of abuse of power (in the name of protecting the citizenry, of course.) Which is almost cute. <3
I echo all the "censorship" comments, as well as the general concensus in the article. There's gonna be some very unhappy w-nkers out there if this goes ahead...