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Aliasalpha: Besides I'm very strong and might mess up her pretty head with my club (unless thats a penis metaphor)

You still might, even if it's a penis metaphor ;-)
Hmm, this may simply reflect my ignorance of the current situation in Australia, but bear with me. One thing you could do is to try to drum up a group of like-minded individuals, preferably people working in the IT industry. If you could have a large group of IT professionals simultaneously announce their intentions to leave the country, you'd certainly have a good shot at getting the attention of the media.
Imagine what an article like this might accomplish:
AUSTRALIAN IT PROFESSIONALS LEAVE
Today, a significant number of Australian IT professionals from the movement Digitize Australia publically announced their intentions to leave the country in the near future. The movement has been gathering momentum lately, due to the increasingly strict censorship legislation regarding video games and the internet.
A spokesperson for the movement says "We can't let this slide anymore. We were hoping that someone in power would eventually come to their senses and realize that these policies are not consistent with the modern times we live in, but it appears that this is not going to happen anytime soon. As such, we are forced to either give up our lifestyle, or move elsewhere. Australia is becoming an increasingly backward country, and that is no place for a modern IT professional to make a career."
Economic experts predict that any significant loss of qualified IT workers will plunge Australia deeper into the current recession. "Basically, the Australian IT industry will be left behind by the rest of the developed countries. If we are to maintain a competitive edge over foreign companies, we need every qualified IT professional we can get. Any loss in the qualified work force will have potentially huge detrimental effects to our economy."
A government official today refused to comment on this latest development in the censorship debacle.
Do what that guy did in that larger ad: Speak with a Swedish accent when you're 'caught' by the authorities and claim you're an illegal immigrant. You'll get flown over there for free.
Not to mention the phophecy of the second coming of Thatcher!
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Lone3wolf: Southern (Georgia) accents are kinda hot :wub:

Is this Georgia in america or the former soviet nation?
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Wishbone: AUSTRALIAN IT PROFESSIONALS LEAVE
Today, a significant number of Australian IT professionals from the movement Digitize Australia publically announced their intentions to leave the country in the near future. The movement has been gathering momentum lately, due to the increasingly strict censorship legislation regarding video games and the internet.
A spokesperson for the movement says "We can't let this slide anymore. We were hoping that someone in power would eventually come to their senses and realize that these policies are not consistent with the modern times we live in, but it appears that this is not going to happen anytime soon. As such, we are forced to either give up our lifestyle, or move elsewhere. Australia is becoming an increasingly backward country, and that is no place for a modern IT professional to make a career."
Economic experts predict that any significant loss of qualified IT workers will plunge Australia deeper into the current recession. "Basically, the Australian IT industry will be left behind by the rest of the developed countries. If we are to maintain a competitive edge over foreign companies, we need every qualified IT professional we can get. Any loss in the qualified work force will have potentially huge detrimental effects to our economy."
A government official today refused to comment on this latest development in the censorship debacle.

Haha man you should write newspaper copy for a living. It'd be better if the government official gave a lengthy statement but then forbade you from printing it.
Sadly the whole thing wouldn't matter, they'd just bring in labour and/or outsource everything and the place would go further into the shitter. I'm seriously thinking of trying to get in touch with the PM, I mean even though its like 5-6 generations removed, we're still related and I can browbeat most anyone with logic
Post edited December 16, 2009 by Aliasalpha
Whatever you do, don't move to Sweden. Now blocking more websites than China, using pedophiles as the excuse (hint: few of the blocked sites actually fall under that category).
For fucks sake, I'm never going to get away from shit like this
It was my understanding, hearing from some other Australians, that Labor currently doesn't have enough votes to push this through the senate, and aren't likely to get help from the Liberals or the Greens. So why it's still pretty bad that they're trying to push this through, it doesn't seem like a done deal by any means.
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Aliasalpha: Not to mention the phophecy of the second coming of Thatcher!
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Lone3wolf: Southern (Georgia) accents are kinda hot :wub:

Is this Georgia in america or the former soviet nation?

Southern United State of Georgia. Russian accents are kinda ... meh
EDIT : I'll take Thatcher again - early years Thatcher, when she was great. Not the later part of her tenure when she lost the plot.
Post edited December 16, 2009 by Lone3wolf
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Aliasalpha: For fucks sake, I'm never going to get away from shit like this

i think congo doesn't block any websites.
or cambodia.
Iraq does, (you can get around it with if you can find a US Isp)
UAE does (no myspace, or any other social networking sites)
Iran Blocks all kinds of Crap but is all about piracy? which is odd,
Uganda doesnt block anything!
The only thing I know is blocked here in Denmark is The Pirate Bay. Plus, everyone speaks English pretty well. I have an English coworker who doesn't speak Danish at all, and she seems to be coping fine.
Hmm, my avatar chick is danish... done!
Poland likes to block Mibbit.com for no reason whatsoever!!
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Aliasalpha: Possibly to Sweden. Maighstir, you got a spare room I can crash in?
http://www.gamepolitics.com/2009/12/15/australia-preparing-censor-internet
Like I said in one of the comments there, if they had the GTA4 Vindication Angel Curse Buster BC, they'd use it...

I'd suggest Finland as they claimed broadband a legal right.
Everyone should move to the UK, but we do have our share of nutters.
Witness this Guardian article from the other day (posted in the rather free-for-all comment section)
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Aliasalpha: Possibly to Sweden. Maighstir, you got a spare room I can crash in?
http://www.gamepolitics.com/2009/12/15/australia-preparing-censor-internet
Like I said in one of the comments there, if they had the GTA4 Vindication Angel Curse Buster BC, they'd use it...
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Siannah: I'd suggest Finland as they claimed broadband a legal right.

Yeah but I was sort of planning to move there for a woman (a specific one rather than just the first one I saw) but that didn't really work out. Might still be an idea though, only downside of it all is 1 dollar = 1 euro...