Sounds like we are damned if we do and damned if we don't. The last time they complained about too many responses.<div><br></div><div>Tim<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 14 July 2011 03:32, Don Knowles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:donakk@gmail.com">donakk@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hi,<br><br>I don't usually drop this sort of thing (quote / repost from SlashDot email) in the mailing lists,<br>
but I don't recall seeing this anywhere before, so I thought I'd spread it around since there is exactly one day to go.<br>
<br><span><span>+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<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&utm_medium=email" target="_blank">https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/07/12/0354227/Few-Contribute-To-Aussie-Classification-Review?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email</a><br>
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>dopeywan.kenobi writes "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 : '[A]s yet [0]only 80 public submissions have<br>
been made — 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's technology communities, does this reflect the<br>
national balance?...'It's likely down to the media for failing to inform<br>the public on the matter.' Having read [1]the questionnaire, I can't help<br>but wonder if their convoluted phrasing is contributing to reports that<br>
people are only partially completing the form without submitting." I<br>wonder how much of it, too, is that people don't want to be tarred as<br>favoring child pornography just because they'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&utm_medium=email#commentlisting" target="_blank">https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/07/12/0354227/Few-Contribute-To-Aussie-Classification-Review?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting</a><br>
<br>Links:<br> 0. <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/technology/articles/2011/07/06/3262712.htm" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">http://www.alrc.gov.au/content/classification-online-submission</a></span></span><br clear="all">
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