Week 8: Politics Shmolitics

In all forms of civilization there is always a rule govern system that extends its hands even in the dark corners of human culture. The Internet, is no exception to this. And while the Internet is supposedly a place run by Democracy, there is still the issue of censorship and freedom of speech. What is interesting is that the governments tend to dictate and limit this freedom, which many argue that it violates our human rights.

Clean Feed is the Australian government's latest scheme to censor many websites that are believed to be unfit for viewing. This scheme has caused an outcry across the country, as many believe it does violate our freedom of speech.

The blacklisted websites have recently been released to the public. I checked out the list, and found several websites which often visit to be on the list. Yeah, it did piss me off. It was like the Internet rendition of Pol Pot's reign, where people were not allowed to read books and wear glasses. I understood that one of the Clean Feed's aim was to stop the distribution of child pornography, a cause which strongly agree with. But just because child pornography is filtered off the Internet doesn't mean that it will bring a halt to child pornography. In fact, it doesn't do shit to help the children out there that are in these environments.

As a matter of fact, judging by the list of website that I've seen, the government is clueless on how to stop child porn trafficking.

Look at this boy. He could be having a better life if the government made better use of their money

Having one's usual site banned is like having this guy interrupt you from reading this blog