Comments on: A Mum’s Take On The Clean Feed

By: OK

OK — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:04:51 +0000

Thanks for writing that. Really what the government is doing is quite offensive to all parents. He is basically saying that you are not capable of being a parent and hence that Chairman Krudd and his mates are going to do it for you whether you want it or not.

Our pollies claim to be doing this for parents so we need parents to be telling the government “no, thanks!”.

Like you, I will forego the opportunity to list the many, many flaws with what the government is proposing. Those flaws have already been covered a thousand times.

By: Asmodai

Asmodai — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:14:38 +0000

Just another person posting in support of a well written, well thought out piece from another Australian who doesn’t want or need Conroy peaking over there shoulder.

/shudder

Now there’s a scary mental image we should all be protected from…

By: Dirk

Dirk — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:05:19 +0000

It is a religious plot to interfere with our freedoms, and the proof is the number of god botherering pollies doing their lobbyist’s bidding. They just don’t like the idea that they might become irrelevant. http://bit.ly/6KyYBy

By: fern

fern — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:51:32 +0000

Thanks for the link Daniel! Will get stuck into it when the ferals are in bed

By: Sean the Blogonaut

Sean the Blogonaut — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:45:59 +0000

I fear we will have to take this to the town halls, the regular mums and dads, those that phone in talk back radio. Can’t rely on the opposition to oppose it. Have to make it a votes issue.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:44:51 +0000

Fern, I have a feeling your going to get ALOT of responses to your post. Not sure if your aware but the Internet Filtering topic is currently up to 63 threads on the Whirlpool forums where technical savvy people have been discussing the topic since its conception. Your article was linked there and I feel you well have an influx of support over the next few days. Check it out if you feel like having a read. (I would suggest taking 6 weeks annual leave if you want to start from thread 1!!)

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1342820&p=-1#bottom

By: Colin

Colin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:41:26 +0000

Sorry – should also have said that one of the main proponents of this plan, the Australian Christian Lobby, has a far wider dream: filtering all content they deem objectionable. Your concerns about what your sons could access vis a vis support for enquiring about their sexuality, different religious traditions and so on are spot on.

Check out ACL’s website at: http://www.acl.org.au/
and their press release at: http://tinyurl.com/y8gr4su

Their leader, Jim Wallace says in it:
Mr Wallace said that in an era when children were growing up using the internet for both education and entertainment it is crucial that Internet safeguards are provided, and extended in scope to provide even better protection.

There’s the agenda for you. And evidently Jim doesn’t think you can protect your kids, I’m afraid. So he and Stephen Conroy will do it for you.

By: fern

fern — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:40:24 +0000

I’m a little overwhelmed with the response to this post, glad to see it reached so many people, and thank you so much for taking the time to comment!

By: Colin

Colin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:33:23 +0000

Thanks for that. It is great to hear the perspective of a mother. Gay blokes like myself tend to have less cred with the grey men and women in Canberra.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:33:06 +0000

I hope it’s OK for me to post here (I’m male and not a mummy!!)

I’d just like to say thankyou for publishing this!! You have given me hope that there are sensible people left in this country. Would you consider a position teaching other mother’s such as this one..

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/internet-filter-to-protect-her-children-from-porn-and-other-horrors-gives-mother-some-peace-of-mind/story-e6frg6nf-1225810746442

….that the proposed plan to censor the Internet in the aim of “protecting the children” will not actually perform any of the goals it has highlighted? I am extremely upset that alot of parents being less technical savvy than myself and others in the industry – are just taking the governments word that it will prevent accidental exposure to RC material. This will make them become complacent.

Please Mummy’s!! Educate those in need so Australia does not go down this dark path.