That’s right, the leader of Australia’s’ Christian Democratic Party, Rev Hon (sic) Fred Niles computer log in was used to access pornographic websites, with over 200,000 hits recorded!
Archive for the ‘Censorship’ Category
Cross-posted from The Carapace I have written about the planned internet censorship in Australia in the Young Australian Skeptics already. If this weren’t enough cause for concern it has now come to light that in an attempt to prop up Senator Conroy’s failing internet filter Australian customs have been given the power to search travellers lap tops and phones […]
Firstly, let’s get the usual garbage out of the way – I’m 39 and male, what most people would view as an average gamer. I hold a steady job, I’m not morally or financially bankrupt, and indeed in most respects I’m normal. I have 4 kids, 2 who are teenagers, and 2 who are under 7. So […]
Benjamin Franklin once said, ‘Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one’. Today we are at risk of losing one of our freedoms, and once you lose one, the rest fall like dominoes. I am referring to the Australian Government mandatory internet […]
It can hardly have escaped the notice of even the most vaguely politically inclined that the current state of affairs with our de-facto two party system is less than ideal for the left-leaning voter. We have, in simple terms, a decision between Tony Abbott’s Super-Catholic Hooray Party and our current mob, who are steadily transforming into […]
We’ve all heard it; apparently all Australians are racist, all Americans are gun nuts, and all Iraqis are Terrorists – all of which are obviously false. It is easy to see how it happens, take the recent Melbourne murder of an Indian student – the situation is quickly become hyped up and blown out of proportion. This overstatement of […]
Early listeners of the podcast would remember we interviewed an independent game developer called Conor O’Kane. Conor made a computer game satirising the Japanese whaling program called Harpooned What made Conor so special, was his ability to bring critical thinking and science awareness to people through the medium of computer games. An effective medium that […]
If you thought X-ray goggles were a cool idea, well try out T-ray goggles… Aliens vs Predator game UNBANNED. Take that Michael Atkinson! Porn. Most used search by children under 7? Gizmodo seems to think so. Podblack with the goods on Stephen Fry on non-belief!
