[Tregard]

This is nebulous, vauge, expensive, pointless, and insulting.

What gives Cameron the right to censor the internet in this way? His point that paedophilia is in some way linked to all pornographic material is ridiculous and ignorant, and just how exactly does he think this will work? Those viewing "illegal" material will continue to do so, circumventing the blocks, and hiding even deeper, and everyone else will have to suffer this frivolous blocking.

Where does it end, Cameron? Does Reddit get blocked for it's erotic subreddits? What about Tumblr? Youtube has artistic nudity on it, will that get blocked? There is not a chance in hell this will "block porn", because (and this is the most important point) what I deem pornographic and what you do are different, possibly even extremely so. The government are not in a position to shove their morals onto me, let alone the entire country. How dare you use "Think of the children" as an excuse to set up a nation-wide site blacklist, because anyone who speaks against it looks like a deviant, a pervert, and it lets the government begin their censorship upon the web, which is not their business and not their responsibility.

Not many things the government do irritate me, but I am truly disgusted about the path this could put us on. Once this technology is in place, there is no expense to stop them blocking any site they deem unsuitable to the public. Instead of dealing with the bigger issues like the economy, it has been decided to waste money on this. The blocking of torrent sites didn't work, and neither will this, you just make people work harder to access the sites they want to see, and the entire nation gets punished for it.

The party which says they will shut down this ridiculous charade come 2015 will have my vote, and if they all stand by it, I guess it's Canada for me.

I saw a line I feel ends my little rant fittingly.

"Maybe Cameron should ban pubs whilst he's at it. Might stop him losing his kids for starters."

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Tregard

This is nebulous, vauge, expensive, pointless, and insulting.

What gives Cameron the right to censor the internet in this way? His point that paedophilia is in some way linked to all pornographic material is ridiculous and ignorant, and just how exactly does he think this will work? Those viewing "illegal" material will continue to do so, circumventing the blocks, and hiding even deeper, and everyone else will have to suffer this frivolous blocking.

Where does it end, Cameron? Does Reddit get blocked for it's erotic subreddits? What about Tumblr? Youtube has artistic nudity on it, will that get blocked? There is not a chance in hell this will "block porn", because (and this is the most important point) what I deem pornographic and what you do are different, possibly even extremely so. The government are not in a position to shove their morals onto me, let alone the entire country. How dare you use "Think of the children" as an excuse to set up a nation-wide site blacklist, because anyone who speaks against it looks like a deviant, a pervert, and it lets the government begin their censorship upon the web, which is not their business and not their responsibility.

Not many things the government do irritate me, but I am truly disgusted about the path this could put us on. Once this technology is in place, there is no expense to stop them blocking any site they deem unsuitable to the public. Instead of dealing with the bigger issues like the economy, it has been decided to waste money on this. The blocking of torrent sites didn't work, and neither will this, you just make people work harder to access the sites they want to see, and the entire nation gets punished for it.

The party which says they will shut down this ridiculous charade come 2015 will have my vote, and if they all stand by it, I guess it's Canada for me.

I saw a line I feel ends my little rant fittingly.

"Maybe Cameron should ban pubs whilst he's at it. Might stop him losing his kids for starters."

I'm the opposite, usually everything this government does irritates me... except this

[arista]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

I'm the opposite, usually everything this government does irritates me... except this

You Are Most Wise Kizzy