For those in Melbourne, the Facebook group Stop the Filter has been organized enough to actually state a location on where the Melbourne protest is to be held. All the rest are sadly…TBA.
ATTEND! ATTEND! All ye who rebel against the tyranny of Conroy!
Although I use the Guy Fawks/V for Vendetta mask as my profile picture and remain anonymous, I am not a part of the Anonymous group. I beleive that the symbol represents the fight for freedom and resistance against oppression. The strength of a minority that can awaken the many from their sleep. And aslee…p I beleive the many are. I have to beleive that for I refuse to beleive that the populace of Australia would willingly give away their freedom.
Awaken Australia, do not accept these shackles.
Cry Freedom
Hon Michael Atkinson – “I assume the Gamers4Croydon campaign will involve criminal activities and dirty tricks, which is what I’ve come to expect from gamers,”
You heard it, the Hon Michael Atkinson believes that all gamers are involved in some sort of criminal activity. Let me cut this down. He believes all Gamers are criminals.
Furthermore, he also believes Gamers are not Civil – shows you how high and mighty
he considers himself. To him, we are all a bunch of savages.
Interesting point of view, but these statements definitely shows his opinion that we are some kind of lesser sub-species and that the Hon Mr Atkinson has a superiority complex.
I believe he has some deep emotional issues of which he should go see a psychiatrist.
Yours,
Cry Freedom
“But if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek, then I ask you to stand beside me…”
And be seen on the Saturday 6th of March.
Then show your support by downloading and distributing these.
Yours,
Cry Freedom
Electronic Frontiers Australia has launched an ePetition to the Senate to stop Mr Conroys plan to filter our internet, sign it already!
And on the same subject, Lawyer, lecturer, blogger and geek (his words not mine) Peter Black has accepted the appointment from EFA as their new campaign manager against internet filtering.
This position is only for three months and will hopefully bring more cohesiveness to the various campaigns against the filter that is scattered around the net.
So without further ado, and for donning the shiny armor I present Peter Black with DoF’s Freedom Fighter Award.
Honorable mention is Senator Kate Lundy due to her speaking out against the proposed internet filter but is unfortunately not bestowed the Freedom Fighter Award due to her wussing out and stating she would support an opt-out plan. FAIL.
Kate, if you don the armor, great. But don’t walk out on the battlefield with a pool noodle *slaps forehead*
Yours,
Cry Freedom
I have pondered on this phrase that is currently being bandied about in reference to the censorship of our internet.
This is one of the questions in Whirlpool Forums 2009 Australian Broadband Survey (if you havn’t completed it you should) -
| Also, what negative things do you think may result? (leave blank if you don’t agree with any of these) |
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The last question I have to say made me grin as much as my avatar does. What a pertinent question.
This foreboding has been echoed in a number of sites -
Crikey – ‘Do you trust politicians with such a mechanism?’
SMH – Retired High Court Justice Michael Kirby coined the phrase in relation to Conroys plans ‘it could stop the “Berlin Walls of the future” from being knocked down.’
Reporters Without Borders – Secretary-General Jean-François Julliard in an open letter to Rudd, all but saying “DON”T DO IT YOU IDIOTS!”
I will not think of the movie 1984, I will not think of…awww nuts!
Yours,
Cry Freedom
The other day I did a little experiment with Google Images search.
The first search I did was in www.google.com/images for ‘tiananmen square protest’ and as expected, images of a lone man standing in front or army tanks, and images of the massacre of Chinese civilians by it’s own Government were in the results.
Except do the same search in www.google.cn/images for ‘tiananmen square protest’ and the story shown through in a different light. A filtered light that does not show any protests, nor images of massacred civilians, no tanks with a man in front of them.
There is where Mr Conroy vision of the internet. Our internet. Our freedom of speech. Painted over by pictures parades and the pretty Beijing Olympics…oh but wait…do my eyes deceive me? Yes it seems currently the first result is of People’s Liberation Army (interesting name for a battalions about to crush the will of the people) tanks moving towards Chinese civilians protesting in Tiananmen Square. For interest sake I have linked to an artical in wikipedia detailing what lengths a Government will go to to…ummm keep the peace. Please read it. I will leave you a picture of a Government trying to erase history.
Yours,
Cry Freedom
So even with all the opposition Australia’s Internet villain Stephen Conroy has announced he will proceed in his plans to gag the common man and introduce legislation just before next years election.
I am wondering about the timing of this, is it due to his belief that there will be no “Afterwards” due to him being stripped of his powers to stuff his Catholic socks down the throat of Australia, that the Labor Party will have their teeth pulled?
Out of currently 23848 people 96% have cried freedom. Have voted NO to the filter.
There are other that think this is a bad idea, take for example former High Court judge Michael Kirby voicing his concern of it being just the “Thin edge of the wedge”
And lastly a Labor Party minister herself, Penny Sharpe. Who has in Parlament voiced her opinion that her colleague is taking Australia into a dark future and urged the Parlament to “consider taking a different direction”
To both Michael Kirby and Penny Sharpe, I am glad to award you both the DoF’s first Freedom Fighter Award.
Yours,
Cry Freedom
The zombies are thirsting for blood. The streets are teaming with them, thousands of the vile creatures, filling elevators, shambling down streets, milling aimlessly, clogging freeways, stinking up lounge rooms while they watch TV, sitting at computer screens with their hands twitching on the mouse with unblinking eyes and their thoughtless minds riddled with images of killing. BRAIIINSSSSS.
Or maybe there are just thousands of ordinary average Australians very peeved at Mr Michael Atkinson. Just another person in power that is imposing his own set of values upon every adult Australian citizen. Take a deep breath…anyone smell something…yeeeees that’s it…the sweet smell of POWER. Oh the aroma!
But doesn’t it STINK for everyone else.
Yes, most of you by now would guess I am talking about the ban on Left for Dead 2
Though I must say that under my own moral code (yes I do have one), I would not let any minor under the age of 15 see me play this game…except that I would like to state one thing, Mr Atkinson, I AM NO MINOR, and furthermore I would LIKE to play L4D2…but only when my kids are not around to see me beheading, dismembering and blowing up already the dead but very mobile corpses. See, I AM capable of making adult decisions by myself! And I would like to point out, SO ARE MILLIONS OF OTHER AUSTRALIANS.
Now as a mature adult I am sure that I and thousands of other Australians know the difference between shooting dead things in a game and shooting REAL LIVE PEOPLE!
Now why would I shoot dead people in a game? Because it’s FUN! You should try it sometime Mr Atkinson. Starts with F, ends with N has a U in the middle. Oh that’s right, your an OLD politician, I’m not sure FUN is in your vocabulary anymore. Well we don’t do the FUN like you used to do in your time, Mr Atkinson, we don’t roll hoops down streets using a stick as a guide, no horsey’s made of wood, no slingshots, no fireworks, nope we can’t even run around like mad nuts under sprinklers anymore…that’s illegal too.
But getting back to it, banning these games won’t stop people from shooting other people in real life, I really wish it would, but it wont. The violence in the streets are not caused by geeks sitting behind computer screens mashing their keyboards and mouses in a frenzy of zombie blazing glory. The violence is caused by drunk assholes tanked up on beer at 4am in the morning wanting to show how manly they are in front of their half-wit friends by glassing some poor sod, or by a group of cowardly bastards that jump some bloke that doesn’t stand a chance of defending himself.
Furthermore will banning these games stop the silent type killer that keeps to himself and hordes guns for the day he finally snap and go on a bloody rampage through usually quiet streets, sleepy towns or universities? I don’t think so Mr Atkinson.
You have to ask yourself, would a game make someone do these things or are they already one sandwich short of a picnic? My guess is people like that are missing a few more sandwiches than just one.
So…this is an attempt to stop those already a bit fragile from going off the rails. Too bad for the rest of us normals who can keep games and reality separate but are still punished for the wrongdoings of the extreme minority, niiice, except this is a bit like punishing the class for something one student did but won’t own up to. Err, Mr Atkinson please…when we’re going to graduate?
Anyway, back to the man trying to save us from ourselves.
One man.
This man, this single entity, considers his values more important than mine or your freedom to decide as a mature adult what we can and can’t play, and has the power and audacity to enforce this opinion on EVERYONE in Australia.
Considering the amount of people that he is opposing, a total of 92.95% in favor of making L4D2 available according to a poll posted here, which had a lot more votes until for some inexplicable reason the poll got RESET. But don’t take my word for it, overclockers.com.au also saw that it was 92.95% against Atkinson before its plug was pulled (insert twilight zone music).
All this opposition to the decision or Refusing Classification for L4D2….and yet movies are passed with the description of…
Synopsis
Butt fu…ah okaay, pussy squarrr hmmm on second thought, if you want to read the description click on the link above and go read it. Oh but you say they are different media! Yes but you still wouldn’t want an under 18yr old seeing it and yet anyone 18+ can still watch it, even in front of their kids if they so morally depraved!
Really though for me it’s not whether or not I am allowed to play a game. It’s having the freedom of choice taken away from me with the attitude that I’m not old enough to play L4D2 or any game that has been refused classification. Don’t get me wrong, I agree there needs to be a limit. Games like Rapelay, which even the Japanese Government has admitted that the creators have just gone too far and have banned it! Yet another of my freedoms killed by the bloody fist of a bureaucrat.
And so, Mr Atkinson, for your severing of the head of Freedom, I would like to present this to you…
Yours,
Cry Freedom
I have to wonder what goes on in the mind of the insidious Mr Conroy when he finds out he has the somewhat dubious honor of winning the UK Internet Industries Villain Award.
It can hardly be flattering. Especially seeing it is his own mother country (he moved out here when he was ten) that has labeled him an Internet Villain.
Does he take a deep breath? Possibly imagine himself in a tight fitting blue suit and matching red underwear and imagine himself saving mankind from themselves.
Maybe due to his Catholic upbringing it is his duty to save us from ourselves in such a dictatorial manner, but if that was the case, whatever happened with the separation of church from state?
Does he laugh and ignore the issue thinking it will go away? Probably.
Well I would bestow upon him my own award. So Mr Conroy, for your blatant thrusts into the guts of freedom, this is for you.
Yours,
Cry Freedom
