[plug] "Fuck" will NOT be banned. Lets have some reality.

[Mike Holland]

Most of the reaction I have heard to the censorship legislation is
even more ridiculous than the legislation itself.
  Before criticising it, please take a look at how censorship currently
applies to broadcasting. It could hardly be described as draconian.
When was the last time a TV station or magazine was prosecuted for
obscenity?

> Not only will the Linux kernel be banned (like, sure the filter can read 

Read the article. At worst, such language would get an 'MA' rating,
not that anyone would bother officially rating source code.
There will be NO restriction of swearing. Naked women are still OK too.

Politicians may be ignorant about the internet, but please - they are not
complete idiots.(*) It does no good to underestimate your opponents.


(* OK, maybe one or two exceptions. And "failure to understand basic
economics" applies to most people.)


Mike Holland <mike at golden.wattle.id.au>            Perth, Australia.
                          --==--
Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.
                -- Rich Kulawiec