Comments on: Not a free speech issue

By: Dr Nick Ashley

Dr Nick Ashley — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 15:00:22 +0000

The bastards in government don’t like the WWW because they cannot control it. There are people out there who dare to criticise them. What effrontary. How dare they? It’s one area where they can’t stick their fingers in. They are trying, notably the EU by having people arrested for the internet content they have written in a non-EU contry and which is hosted on a non-Eu resident server. Although it took a month the person in question was released by the authorities in the UK. Of course he should never have been arrested in the first place IMO. This trans national police nonsense has gone too far.

This mantra of “it’s for the children” is ludicrous. I’ve been surfing the net since 1994 and have never stumbled across that sort of site. He just wants control and any control by government, especially Noo Labour is the thin end of a bloody thick wedge.

By: MarkS

MarkS — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:14:46 +0000

Many of the things I have been accused of being paranoid over have come to pass. Laugh if you wish but I am really concerned about these people and their fascist tendencies.

By: Internet regulation | eurealist.co.uk

Internet regulation | eurealist.co.uk — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:46:30 +0000

[...] says this is not an attack on free speech yet as other bloggers Here Here Here have pointed out this is exactly what it [...]

By: john b

john b — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:19:27 +0000

I was going to post a comment agreeing that Burnham is a stupid illiberal prick, but unfortunately I’ve just died laughing at the ludicrous overblown paranoia of Mark@5.

By: MarkS

MarkS — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:38:10 +0000

You can expect Mr Burnaham to scrap the TV Licence very soon. In its place he’ll introduce a media licence… it’ll be the same price or maybe slightly less and will enable you to hook your computer up to the nationalised ISP which will provide sole access to the internet from the UK. The new ISP will only access certified and approved sites and will be introduced in order to protect children and fight terror. The licence will be very handy as it it will also entitle you to buy a state-registered mobile phone, watch TV and own a satellite dish. And it will all be very safe and everything will be pre-screened for you by our friend Mr Burnham.

I remember back in the 1960s when amateur radio operators behind the iron curtain were carefully monitored and had to keep a full log of who they contacted and what they said. We used to be able to insult the Soviets for not allowing free speech. Now look at what our government is doing now it thinks the bear no longer has any paws to maul us with. Bring back the USSR and maybe we’ll get our freedoms back.

Be afraid, people. Be very afraid.

By: Ross

Ross — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 12:19:22 +0000

Is Andy Burnham the stupidest individual ever to achieve cabinet status? He makes Harriet Harman look like Marie Curie.

By: Kay Tie

Kay Tie — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 10:38:54 +0000

Interestingly that he thinks the UK and the USA are the English-speaking web. I’m sure the Canadians, South Africans, Australians, New Zealanders and dozens of other nationalities will be so pleased.

Tosser.

By: Former Tory

Former Tory — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 10:22:47 +0000

If Burnham’s serious, it might mark the point at which the smallish current market for browsing proxy services takes off big-style. Like this:

http://www.proxybrowsing.com/

“Our fast dedicated servers are US based and subject to US laws”

By: The Englishman

The Englishman — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 09:50:59 +0000

“Wenn ich Kultur höre … entsichere ich meinen Browning…”