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Claire Perry, the MP – who strongly campaigned for the introduction of website filters to internet websites – has had her website blocked by the same filters.
This of course neatly illustrates what some of us were saying about this stupidest of stupid ideas by David Cameron over a year ago.
Apart from the fact that anyone who wants to look at porn can easily get round the filters – and the fact that there are even free applications available now for your tablet or phone to help you do just that automatically – organisations that help to protect children such as ChildLine, the NSPCC and the Samaritans have also had their websites blocked by the filters.
For a long time I’ve been thinking the UK has become a perfect example of a Plutocracy – rule by the rich – or perhaps it might be a good…
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Joseph Smith said:
Every one knows Cameron has stupid senseless ideas, he’s life president of the stupid ideas club. What a pity we are paying him nearly £200k a year. He should be concentrating on the DWP cutting benefits via its utterly flawed medical assessment system which is causing some 4,000 plus suicides each year amongst the most needy ill people in our society.
Leoni Al-ajeel said:
And they are supposed to be fit to run the country. Stop meddling in things and start running the country, listen to the people who are starving or freezing to death and losing their homes
Big Bill said:
Plus, of course, there’s the evidence that making porn available cuts down on sex crimes like rape http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/everyday_economics/2006/10/how_the_web_prevents_rape.html So, then, is Cameron intending to actually promote rape? The evidence would seem to suggest exactly that!
MrChekaMan said:
I can’t help laughing that the Tory got caught in her own trap after digging the pit in the first place.