Reruns, reruns, reruns..I think I must know every line of every episode of the Simpsons since 1984. Like the states the commercial networks in Australia just love buying older seasons of hit shows and then putting them on in time slots when nothing else is worth watching.
Which brings me to the point of why isn't the Simpsons funny anymore? Originally it started out as witty social satire with heart, poking fun at Bill & his tool shed, gun laws and the nuclear family.
Am I behind the 8 ball or has our sense of humour been taken over by Cletus the slack jawed yokel?
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Monday, December 1, 2008
Australian Internet Censorship
Hi all, some of you may know me from xbox live. As the aussie chick who never has a bad word to say.. well guess what? I have something to say about this.
Currently in the dark and mouldy depths of Parliament house a great evil is lurking, plotting and gathering it's minions for what will no doubt be a dark day for all those who are grateful for the liberty and (somewhat) free speech we currently enjoy as a western nation.
The current govenment wishes to trial an internet censorship filter which will not only kill free thought and free enterprise, but the rights of mature gamers everywhere. For some reason the Australian government has over the last decade thought to wrap it's citizens in cotton wool. Danger signs here there and everywhere, pool fences, terrorist scare tactics and now this.
The filter would not only disable content that is deemed offensive or inappropriate (by who I may ask?), but also because of the sheer amount of content that is to be screened, has the potential to severly limit internet speeds.
Is this the sort of existence that those who died so horribly and fought so bravely fifty years ago sought to protect? Is this another torch of free will being extinguished? Make up your own mind while you still can, or alternatively get as pissed off as I am and check out these sites:
http://nocleanfeed.com/action.html
or the petition
http://petitions.takingitglobal.org/oznetcensorship
Thanks for your time
Currently in the dark and mouldy depths of Parliament house a great evil is lurking, plotting and gathering it's minions for what will no doubt be a dark day for all those who are grateful for the liberty and (somewhat) free speech we currently enjoy as a western nation.
The current govenment wishes to trial an internet censorship filter which will not only kill free thought and free enterprise, but the rights of mature gamers everywhere. For some reason the Australian government has over the last decade thought to wrap it's citizens in cotton wool. Danger signs here there and everywhere, pool fences, terrorist scare tactics and now this.
The filter would not only disable content that is deemed offensive or inappropriate (by who I may ask?), but also because of the sheer amount of content that is to be screened, has the potential to severly limit internet speeds.
Is this the sort of existence that those who died so horribly and fought so bravely fifty years ago sought to protect? Is this another torch of free will being extinguished? Make up your own mind while you still can, or alternatively get as pissed off as I am and check out these sites:
http://nocleanfeed.com/action.html
or the petition
http://petitions.takingitglobal.org/oznetcensorship
Thanks for your time
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