Another note about the previous, this time from /.:

Politicians in Australia seem to be determined to prove that they can be even more conservative and out of touch than Americans, obvously.

Conservative, yes, out of touch, no. I would argue that Australia’s current spate of conservatism is probably related to the aging of the population; it seems that there is a propensity for people to become more conservative as they get older (I’ve seen it happen). Thus, given our current ‘by-the-polls, for-the-polls’ style of government, it is hardly surprising that we end up with such bullshit laws being proposed.

There’s a really funny piece of legislation being tabled by the NSW parliament, which will make it illegal to post material on the net that would be classified R or above by the OFLC. Electronic Frontiers Australia made a good call regarding this:

It is recommended that the NSW Parliament reject proposals to criminalise inability to foresee a non-unanimous decision of a group of people.

At this rate, we will soon be able to have policy contests not only on who can be toughest on refugees, but also on who can stop adults from making available adult content to other adults, when those other adults can walk down the street and buy whatever the hell they like.

Well, another post I can only end with ‘Bah!’.

Oh, the Humanity!

Warning: contains graphic depictions of mangled computers.