Politicians are ready to introduce league tables naming and shaming the speed with which internet service providers take down offensive material.
Anybody who thinks the Tories will be any better?
The culture minister, Barbara Follett, and her Tory shadow, Ed Vaizey, have backed the idea that web providers must be embarrassed into dealing with violent, sexually explicit web content.
Here's a better idea: why don't we strap the two of you face down, arse rape you with broken bottles and then let a farm of red ants chew out your eyes?
Follett warned: "We must teach children of the dangers of the internet. It is sad to make children more scared than interested, but fortunately the internet is so interesting that children tend to overcome their fear."
Ah! The children! Yes, everything must be done for the children, eh? Like everything was done by right-on, ultra-progressive Haringey council for Baby P. That worked out well, didn't it?
Follett said: "Many people have said that the internet is like the wild west in the gold rush and that sooner or later it will be regulated. What we need is for it to be regulated sooner rather than later.
No, Barbie, what we need is for you and your hectoring, nannying statist cohorts to grab a nice big mug of shut the fuck up and a healthy slice of get the fuck out of our lives.
You jumped up, overweening, arrogant fuck-faced old cow.
Hat tip to Samizdata.
8 comments:
This is a great idea, I'd love to be able to boycott the ISPs who cave in to pressure and remove "offensive" material.
Good Lord! If you don't want your kid to watch Porn on TV, don't pay for porn channels. If you don't want them finding it online, get one of those programs to block it. It's simple.
This is all retarded. We all know the only reason our subordinates really want to censor the internet is to control dissent.
Obo: Quite.
wv: fulkotte (Nearly right!)
If they're taking the porn off the internet I want 90% of my subscription fee back.
Those sites are the best places to learn about photographic technique, subject framing, high quality images and detailed close-up work.
...I'll get me coat.
If kids are finding porn on the Internet, they're looking for it. And that is perfectly natural, it doesn't turn them into kiddie fiddlers, rapists or dog-buggerers. It just means they're growing up and getting curious.
If the internet was around when I was a kid, my friend's father wouldn't have lost so much of his 'literary collection'.
Kids aren't angels. They're not meant to be. That's why we used to have discipline. Although I'd agree anyone with kids would be well advised to get a filter program - some things are best left unknown, even by adults. I didn't believe the description of 'fisting' until I looked it upon the net and I still wish I hadn't.
I wouldn't worry though because it'll backfire spectacularly. Just like those alcohol-only queues which I objected to until someone pointed out it was just an express booze checkout, naming those ISP's who have high levels of smut will boost their income enormously.
So, where are they?
Heck, when are they going to learn to leave the adults alone?
Its been my experience... and its not a subject I've studied casually... that younger kids usually fall about laughing at first sight of a boob before quickly going off to do something more interesting on the CBeebies website (or whatever its called).
The older boys (and girls) will naturally seek out some of the stronger stuff (but rarely as much as most people suppose). And in any case, aren't these same self-styled Righteous twits talking about flooding our schools with this sort of material during lesson time?
I like this bit...
"...providers must be embarrassed into dealing with violent, sexually explicit web content."
Here's an idea. Why don't we subject all our MPs to some psychological testing and draw up an embarrassing league table of those with violent tendencies and unusual sexual tastes? I'll wager there's more perversions embodied in them then you'd find on the entire internet.
Anyway, Barbara Follett is famous for paying £94 a time to have her 'windows cleaned'. Big Marc at Executive Escorts Agy said "It was one of our more unusual requests".
Fucking champagne socialist of the very worst kind, husband rich as fuck off from writing crappy airport fiction yet still claims absurd amounts from the tax payer in expenses, living high on the fucking hog while pontificating and interfering wherever she fucking can.
And to what end? I don't seem to be living in a land of milk and honey, peopled by well educated and well adjusted folk with secure jobs and solid families...
Just fuck off.
Oh, and as for the bottle thing, salt and battery acid as well.
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Only just discovered you and already you're my hero. Fuck them all.
It's odd that the most well-adjusted kids/teens I have ever encountered are the ones who were NOT hectored on their lifestyles by their parents. They just let them get on with learing about themselves ... err ... themselves.
But I spose MPs know what they are talking about don't they?
Wankers.
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