"UncleHoot" <jer### [at] questsoftwarecom> wrote:
> You can read about it here:
> http://www.efa.org.au/category/censorship/mandatory-isp-filtering/
>
> What I'm almost immediately reminded of, is the backstory of Ray Bradbury's
> classic "Fahrenheit 451".  While the government is often seen as being
> totalitarian in that book, I have always viewed it as a protectionist,
> decadent consumerist democracy (I think I got all the adjectives in there).
> While I haven't read the book in 20+ years, my recollection (which may even
> be wrong! lol) was that the society had essentially decided that books did
> more harm than good.  And who needs books?  You can get everything you need
> from watching your gigantic television (parlor room), or driving your car at
> 200mph.  Trade-in those harmful concepts for a sheltered life that is free
> from guilt and pain...  Utopia!

"Fuck books!  Where's my pr0n?"

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