Originally posted by BlasterBates
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Originally posted by ZippyI thought it was the Americans? The details of those kind of conversations are a bit hazy thoughScience isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave JohnsonComment
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Guys (and Gals),
I think we are missing the point here.
The British developer of the world wide web says he is worried about the way it could be used to spread misinformation and "undemocratic forces".
So, don't be too suprised, if the next item on the "War on Terror" is the State Control of the Internet, to ensure it is a safe place for Netizens to visit.
Expect more media stories about "99% of Online Content is Filth", "Which Paedo is talking to your Kids today on MSN ?", "How The Net Cost My Son His Life (Suicide sites)" etc, etc, etc.....
inducing mass hysteria in the yummy mummy 4x4 Gas Guzzling set, until...hey presto...John Reid steps forward with ...
"GoverNet : Nice, warm, friendly Internet that will protect your identity and stop your kids being molested"
..and the world will rejoice, because they saw that state control of their lives to be a good thing, because, quite simply, there are too fekking stupid to look after their own lives.....Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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"GoverNet : Nice, warm, friendly Internet that will protect your identity and stop your kids being molested"
I'd laugh if it wasn't so true.Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave JohnsonComment
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I'd laugh if it wasn't so true.
Of course, it will be taxed, with each "Netizen" having a bio-passport to "log in" to the system. (Which is sold on the basis that anonynimity is the "Criminals Biggest Weapon" and that knowing who logs in is a "Good Thing")
Pass a Bill, make it law, and the ISP's are forced to follow, and voila....Mr Blair and his cronies can get an audit trail of anyone who logs in and where they go.
Be afraid...be very afraid....
..and if I wasn't so cynical, I'd say that TBL was paid to make his announcement, to further justify a governmental response at a later date...
FFS....how the hell has it come to this ?Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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