Russia was slow to recover after WW2 because it kept Stalin around

vasssssup...

so this week the topic at hand is along the lovely lines of...
THE INTERNET AND GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT + some random material...ya no how griffith does...
i dont really see the point of censoring like the hole internet to "help us", like common, itll slow down the internet and theres no point. if ur looking up effed up things thats YOUR FAULT not the governments. just chill...its a party

but so this weeks theres a few tasks, so ill do em now YO!

1) sign an e-petition
GetUp!
(click on picture to read it much better)
2) respond to a professional blogger
ahh lily allen....you are soooo hot...oh my god, katy perry!!! ohhh my godddd!
(click on picture to read her 'rant' and my BRILLIANT reply haha)




3) what is Barak Obama up to today??
calling Kanye West a 'Jackass' like most of the world?




4) local state and federal respresentatives?
for my area, helensvale, the closet state government representative member is Michael John Crandon of Coomera
WHILE
the local federal government member is Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig & Anna Bligh

5) last time the people from question 4 spoke in parliment?
Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig last spoke on the 17th of september 2009 about child pornography
Hansard 17th September 2009 - page 68 of 111
and as for Michael John Crandon.... he wasnt located in this hansard
and bligh woulda talked about anythin at anything at the drop of a hat. that woman never shuts up

6) Let your local member know what you think about their speech


im so funny rnt i?

7) Read the lecture and the readings, pursue a couple of the topics that you find most interesting and then post your blog with your well-considered thoughts about the theory and practice of politics.

ok?? so wait...what?


8) What do you think of the Australian Government's plans to censor the internet (the so-called "Clean Feed")???



"Australia Joins China In Censoring - Tech Crunch"

The Australian Government has announced that they will be joining China as one of the few countries globally that broadly censor the internet.As recently as the week prior to the election, Labor Party candidates were telling those concerned about the proposed law that the censorship wouldn’t be compulsory, and that the “clean feed” would be opt-in, not opt-out. Today’s announcement by Telecommunications Minister Stephen Conroy states that the censorship regime will be mandatory, although people will be able to opt-out of it. The problem of course then becomes if you opt-out questions will be asked as to why you want out, which in itself may lead to Government monitoring.To be censored by the Australian Government is “pornography and inappropriate material.” X rated pornography is illegal online in Australia, as are casino style internet gambling, certain forms of “hate” speech and R rated computer games. BitTorrent would be a possibility, even if certain downloads for personal use may be legal under Australian law, sharing those downloads would not be.


I, in all honesty, hate this idea. its horrible. not only will it slow down our internet speeds and accounts, but as the government may charge us to use this un-needed censorship, australia will pay more for usage of internet. At this time, we already pay some of the highest internet access costs in the Western world for on average slow services.

also, once they start blocking content it doesn’t stop, and certainly every do-gooder group and special interest lobbyist will be wanting the Government to add to the list. and of course, k-rudd will listen and be like "twitter time, i look like tin-tin, lets ban some shit" and then we will suffer

major fail boys....major fail

9) What place does censorship have in a democracy?

Self regulation is the key to avoid government interference in private media. A national debate is needed on issues like these as otherwise it gets misinterpreted as censorship. In the 21st century and in the our democracy, censorship is not the right path for the educated. And as far as a content code is concerned, only when it is accepted would there be a debate on who will implement the same.