Hi,<br><br>I don&#39;t usually drop this sort of thing (quote / repost from SlashDot email) in the mailing lists,<br>but I don&#39;t recall seeing this anywhere before, so I thought I&#39;d spread it around since there is exactly one day to go.<br>
<br><span class="gI"><span class="go">+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>| Few Contribute To Aussie Classification Review<br>|   from the this-way-to-the-egress dept.<br>
|   posted by timothy on Tuesday July 12, @00:31 (Australia)<br>|   with 111 comments<br>|   <a href="https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/07/12/0354227/Few-Contribute-To-Aussie-Classification-Review?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email">https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/07/12/0354227/Few-Contribute-To-Aussie-Classification-Review?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email</a><br>
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>dopeywan.kenobi writes &quot;The Australian Law Reform Commission are<br>conducting a review of the Australian Classification laws, the outcome of<br>
which will influence Australian internet filtering and/or the long<br>awaited R18+ Video Game classification. Public submissions on the matter<br>have been accepted since 20th May 2011 and will close on the 15th July<br>2011. From the article : &#39;[A]s yet [0]only 80 public submissions have<br>
been made â€” 80 per cent of them from people who believe in government<br>intervention for the sake of child protection. Considering, the furious<br>debates within Australia&#39;s technology communities, does this reflect the<br>
national balance?...&#39;It&#39;s likely down to the media for failing to inform<br>the public on the matter.&#39; Having read [1]the questionnaire, I can&#39;t help<br>but wonder if their convoluted phrasing is contributing to reports that<br>
people are only partially completing the form without submitting.&quot; I<br>wonder how much of it, too, is that people don&#39;t want to be tarred as<br>favoring child pornography just because they&#39;re uncomfortable with<br>
by-domain censorship.<br><br>Discuss this story at:<br>    <a href="https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/07/12/0354227/Few-Contribute-To-Aussie-Classification-Review?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email#commentlisting">https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/07/12/0354227/Few-Contribute-To-Aussie-Classification-Review?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email#commentlisting</a><br>
<br>Links:<br>    0. <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/technology/articles/2011/07/06/3262712.htm">http://www.abc.net.au/technology/articles/2011/07/06/3262712.htm</a><br>    1. <a href="http://www.alrc.gov.au/content/classification-online-submission">http://www.alrc.gov.au/content/classification-online-submission</a></span></span><br clear="all">
<br>-- <br>Don Knowles, Rockhampton, Australia<br>a Founding Member of Central Queensland Linux User Group<br>