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That's because governments are technologically-illiterate.
And my government is a shining example of said illiteracy,
That's because governments are technologically-illiterate.
And my government is a shining example of said illiteracy,
Not the NSA.
Ah, our good ol' NSA.
The entire government is illiterate, or just alliterate. The NSA can f**k off for all I care.
They've seen all of us do the same, so it would be due payback.
This is why we created 'murrica, land of the free. At least our government doesn't generally make public announcements when they cut into our rights, perceived or otherwise.
Payback for what? I'm lost at what you were trying to say, sorry You mean by their watching us?
No, they just violate our rights without telling us. What people do is their own business, the UK government has no right to dictate what's moral or immoral.
I'm saying that they've seen us f*ck off, so we should see them do the same. It was a joke, nothing more.
As someone who lives in the UK and who hates the idea of content being restricted for the sake of it, I don't see any problem with child porn being blocked and made illegal and your ISP asking you whether you want to have a Porn filter in place (as that's what they'll have to do, contact you and ask whether you're opting out or not).
There's no sinister overtones that are obvious...they're trying to do something that seems genuinely positive for British society, and if it stays at what's being discussed here then I don't really understand all the scaremongering about these initial measures.
the UK government has no right to dictate what's moral or immoral.
What is it with you and that sentiment in every related thread? Governments have every right to dictate what is moral and what is not among their charges for along with public works that is one of their two main functions. There are checks within most legal systems (see terms like unconstitutional) and joining certain transnational groups makes for extra pressure to make certain laws or not make laws troubling certain things, but it is still their responsibility to decide upon and enforce morals though they usually get called laws. You are quite free to restrict yourself more harshly if you want and governments may also try to do the same (see reasons for many tax breaks) but that is a different discussion.
I might invite the UK goverment in this case to do one and/or learn how computers work but they can certainly try for this. It may or may not violate certain agreements somewhere but that has yet to be questioned in this thread.
As someone who lives in the UK and who hates the idea of content being restricted for the sake of it, I don't see any problem with child porn being blocked and made illegal and your ISP asking you whether you want to have a Porn filter in place (as that's what they'll have to do, contact you and ask whether you're opting out or not).
There's no sinister overtones that are obvious...they're trying to do something that seems genuinely positive for British society, and if it stays at what's being discussed here then I don't really understand all the scaremongering about these initial measures.
I guess what I want to know is, whatever happened to people deciding for themselves?