I thought China was the biggest threat to free speech on the Internet
December 28th, 2008
But it turns out that Britain could be just as dangerous.
Promoting the idea of creating new speech regulations (including assigning movie-style ratings to web sites); Great Britain’s “culture” secretary Andy Burnham said:
“If you look back at the people who created the Internet they talked very deliberately about creating a space that governments couldn’t reach, discount cialis pharmacy ” Burnham told The Telegraph. “I think we are having to revisit that stuff seriously now.”
At the risk of earning an “X” rating from Mr. Burnham’s proposed Internet Thought Police, I’d like to cordially invite the gentleman to go fuck himself.
3 Comments Add your own
1. capper | December 28th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
That just got you banned in Australia, mate.
2. John Foust | December 29th, 2008 at 9:41 am
I wouldn’t swear at him. I’d just tell him he’s ridiculously wrong, considering that ARPANET was the government. Who is he quoting?
3. BobG | December 29th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
“At the risk of earning an “X” rating from Mr. Burnham’s proposed Internet Thought Police, I’d like to cordially invite the gentleman to go fuck himself.”
I’d like to second that invitation.
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