The ignorance in this little commentary makes me feel ill...

a) the legislation is *spattered* with "ought implies can" clauses.

b) they don't censor the stuff in the pipe, they just order ISP's to block addresses... that's nothing new, the British Gov't perfected that technique decades ago - it's called a D-Notice

c) we don't have a bill of rights, thank god - we have implied rights, and are signatories to the UN conventions. our right to free speech is limited to political free speech - and this protects democracy without allowing slobs and pornographers to trot out the free speech spiel in defence of puerility.

d) the bill may or may not be thrown out - but Labor (the socialist-principled equivalent of the Democrats, except we have our own different Democrats party, and they are decidedly unprincipled) is going to get back in at the next poll, and Senator Kate Lundy will save the day.

e) press coverage was almost non-existent, for the simple reason that we're overhauling our tax system.

f) you're going overboard - most aussies are shaking their heads at the folly, not going ape-shit and trembling with rage & fear

g) swear words don't count as offensive content

h) I seem to remember CDA... and CDA II? Something about ill-gotten moral high ground?

i) aussies don't say "eh mate"

j) aussies don't say "g'day"

k) aussies say mate, but only wankers say mateship

l) remember, you wrinkled Americans, we got the convicts and you got the Puritans!

Soyuz Loiter
(we do say that)