Comments on: Senators caught up in the Fielding Filth Filter

By: Lucy

Lucy — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Focus, people. Censorship in the federal parliamentary precinct is no less than a question of fundamental rights. Surely that’s a little more important than whether or not the crack about Steve Fielding was “juvenile”? (besides, c’mon, it was funny. Imagine Steve Fielding… oh, never mind.) Er, where was I? Oh yes. I’m writing to Alan Ferguson. Oh and kudos, Bernard.

By: YM

YM — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

“Of course, this only describes the Australian Greens” ain’t too clever either.

By: John James

John James — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Good on Steve Fielding for putting his hand up to try and help cut down some of the cr*p pouring into homes via the net.
It’s always a wonder seeing apologists for the killing of unborn children like Lucy talking about “fundamental rights”.

By: Daniel Ashdown

Daniel Ashdown — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Sorry Fielding but your theocratic ravings will find no support in secular and free Australia. FF should stick to other populist issues like the price of fuel and really start to rake in the votes from the Today Tonight demographic. Unfortunately for Fielding I think Australia quite appreciates an uncensored internet, naked people and all.

By: John James # 2

John James # 2 — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

No one is suggesting it is easy to filter the Net but to pursue ornithology and remain indifferent to the explicit p*rn to which an 11 year old doing a project for school may be exposed is really to live in cloud Cuckoo land.
P*rn predators on the Net! That is not a species of bird, but all too real. Parents are concerned and Fielding shows courage to try and assist them.
Those parents are as free and secular as the rest. They realise, however, that something precious has been placed in their care, their children. Left wing liberals defending voyeurism in the name of freedom and watching ABC programmes about saving ‘homosexual whales’ and lesbians acessing IVF at public expense will often overlook some of these realities.

By: Tom W

Tom W — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Adults are n00bs at bypassing filters.

By: JamesK

JamesK — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Whilst I may share Keane’s and Lyn Allison’s concerns about Senator Fielding’s influence in having our pollies filtered, I decry the resorting to the pimply juvenile and vulgar ” with two (presumably one-handed) clicks”, to make the point. It serves no purpose but to indicate the measure of Crikey and its correspondent.

By: Denis Wilson

Denis Wilson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Even dreaded Ornithologists are discriminated against by such “p*orn filters”. As a bird-watching blogger, I have been blocked from posting photos of members of the genus Cacatua. Yes Corellas and C*ckatoos are a threat to public decency under this mindless program.