Two words for Andy Burnham
And no, one of them isn’t ‘off’ in response to his staggeringly half-arsed plan to censor the Internet.
The two words are prior restraint.
Still, Mr Burnham can scratch the itch of his technocratic authoritarianism all he likes but if this plan actually happens (who decides what’s ‘unacceptable’ and what isn’t? Does every website in the world have to join a queue to have a rating applied? Doesn’t Burnham know that technology already exists to protect children from inappropriate content?), I’ll show my bum in the window of Marks and Spencer.
The fact that Burnham had to wait until the Saturday between Christmas and New Year to get himself a hearing on this should tell you all you need to know about how seriously to take him.
Posted on December 28th, 2008 at 9:25am under Affronts to democracy, Eye Catching Initiatives, New Labour, Science and progress
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Its just the thought that he wants too.His first instinct seems to be I don’t like it so i will control it.
Nasty little Nazi bastard.
I know we shouldn’t worry but what a nobby thing to say.
What a mug.
Andy Burnham, a prize knobhead of the highest order. If censorship and ratings systems worked, we’d never have underage drinking or smoking for starters. I wonder if the twunt has got connections with companies specialising in DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) kit ala Phorm and the new proposed database of all phone and internet traffic? Because the Great Firewalls of China and Australia have hardly been resounding successes.
Oh well, between a twat-like government and ludicrous libel laws, there’ll soon be no UK-based hosting companies left. Guess they’ll blame it on the recession (and thus the Yanks and the bankers).
I’m sure the right wing pseudo-bloggers are over the moon about it. Normally there’s not a lot to shout about during the Winterval break.
Absurd isn’t it? The only way he could partially get his wish would be if UK-based web hosting companies put age certificates on all sites. And even that is inconceivable. I might be wrong, but I think any beheadings (what a strange thing to concentrate on) will be hosted on sites owned by either crazed terrorists or intellectually-stunted American teenagers, none of whom are likely to have a hosting account with British Telecom.
beheadings (what a strange thing to concentrate on)
An odd one, isn’t it? It’s not like we’re inundated with them – internet beheadings are a bit 2004. I reckon Andy can’t stop looking at mucky pictures himself and instead of employing a bit of willpower he’s going to have the ISPs wean him off his peccadillo.
I’ll show my bum in the window of Marks and Spencer
Now, that’s what I call a bargain basement.
Prime rump, mate, prime rump.
Why would the BBC feel the need to add this little piece of information?
“Mr Burnham, a father of three young children, believes internet service providers should offer child-friendly web access.”
Does his being a father make what he has to say any more relevent? No, it does not. Why on earth should the internet be child-friendly anyway? This is the same logic the Daily Malice uses when it wants to get outraged over swearing and gays on TV, the same logic that would have all telly schedules filled with Mary Poppins on a 24 hour loop just in case the kiddies see a nipple at 12:45 pm.
Tosser.
Bugger: am. ^^
Where’s Guy Fawkes when you need him?
Good point about the timing.
I made my feelings perfectly to clear to Mr Burnham in the letter I wrote him a couple of days ago, suffice to say that I’m fairly unimpressed by his attitude and Labour should not be starting fights that they are destined to lose at this point in the electoral cycle.
http://www.lettersfromatory.com
New Labour going after the Daily Mail reader vote again?
Having successfully banned all sharp things and photography then obviously international electronic communications should be next.
The IT community doesn’t know whether to laugh or cry…
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/30/great_firewall_fails/
Two other words: First Amendment – if the Americans are willing to censor at a UK level (which I doubt), presumably Burnham is going to get Purnell to use all those lead-swinging dolescum New Labour is obsessed with the staff the monitoring sites.
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