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MARCH IN MARCH
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WHERE
Parliament House side of Federation Mall, Canberra
(Scroll down for how to get there!)
WHEN
1:00 PM 21st of March, 2009
(Press conference at 11:00 AM)
WHY
The DLC have been organising rallies in capital cities for the past three months raising awareness as to the governments plans to censor the internet and the negative impact involved.
This is only the tip of the wedge of censorship being driven into our society by a vocal minority, as they say, the best time to defend your freedom is while you still have it.
While Senators change their minds daily, and the media report that the filter will go ahead, or won't go ahead almost as regularly--the fact remains--this issue will not be put to bed unless Australians defend their democracy against the very ideology of censorship
Showing posts with label censorship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label censorship. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Quote from "Good Weekend" 4th. October 2008 (Bill Henson)
"Is there a point in trying to control, almost as a kind of thought police, the endless ever-changing infinitely various unstoppable
human imagination that's out there? Every back fence you go over has got a different bunch of people and a different bunch of whatever is in their heads. I think it's a pointless exercise trying to control it."
quote attributed to Bill Henson (artist and photographer) SMH Good Weekend October 4th. 2008. (article by David Marr)
posted by Bob Bain
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Aboriginals can't be trusted with raunchy pay TV: Opposition
The Liberals are pushing in the Senate for a "blanket ban" on pornography on pay TV available in Aboriginal communities, claiming that it leads to abuse.
In a move that combines all the usual suspects - hand waving arguments, save-the-children hysteria ("watching pornography led to child abuse"), and government paternalism, they have managed to add racism as well. It's hard for me, personally, to imagine that any aboriginal Australian would not be insulted by this call which paints them as such out-of-control child abusers that they can't be allowed to watch a blue movie on the telly.
Of course, since the South Australian senator Cory Bernardi was quoted as saying, "the Coalition supports a blanket ban on pornography on pay TV," it may be the case that want to push this campaign even further in the future. Fortunately the Rudd Government has so far not indicated any willingness to play along either in the NT or the country as a whole.
In a move that combines all the usual suspects - hand waving arguments, save-the-children hysteria ("watching pornography led to child abuse"), and government paternalism, they have managed to add racism as well. It's hard for me, personally, to imagine that any aboriginal Australian would not be insulted by this call which paints them as such out-of-control child abusers that they can't be allowed to watch a blue movie on the telly.
Of course, since the South Australian senator Cory Bernardi was quoted as saying, "the Coalition supports a blanket ban on pornography on pay TV," it may be the case that want to push this campaign even further in the future. Fortunately the Rudd Government has so far not indicated any willingness to play along either in the NT or the country as a whole.
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