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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Hi Tyson,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>You obviously put a lot of thought and time into that speech –
well done.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>It is suitably cheesy and melodramatic for the kind of forum
that I suspect this one will be.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>If I were delivering this speech, I would leave out all the
rhetoric and symbolism. But, since I’m *<b>not</b>* delivering it, then I
reckon you should just go along and recite it exactly the way you have written
it. I think I might even go along just to see the faces on the folks who are
hearing it! ;-D<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Nice of you to ask, but I don’t think that you really need the
blessing of all members to deliver any speech – we aren’t a socialist
collective, and the audience will surely understand that it is your own
personal opinion that you espouse.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Good on you! :-)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><br>
Cheers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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melbwireless-bounces@wireless.org.au
[mailto:melbwireless-bounces@wireless.org.au] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tyson Clugg<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 12 December 2008 3:57 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Melbourne Wireless<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [MLB-WIRELESS] Government Internet Filter - proposed speech and
meeting reminder.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Dear Melbourne Wireless,<br>
<br>
I came up with the following speech, but it has little to do with the policies
you have all so graciously contributed to. I thought I should share it
all the same, as it takes quite a different tact than the technical view that one
might expect coming from Melbourne Wireless. I have no intention of
giving the following speech unless widely supported by members of the group -
ie: you. So once again, please let me know your thoughts and opinions.<br>
<br>
If you wish to discuss this matter with me in person before the rally on
Saturday, I strongly suggest you attend the Melbourne Wireless general meeting
this evening (Friday 12th December) from 7:30pm at the Hawthorn Scout Hall,
opposite the Auburn Train Station on Victoria Street in Hawthorn.
Everyone is welcome to attend, please invite anyone you think may be
interested.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Tyson Clugg.<br>
President, Melbourne Wireless Inc.<br>
<br>
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<br>
I thank you all for this opportunity to address you all today as a fellow
citizen of this great land we all share and call our home.<br>
<br>
It is of out of great concern and fear that I stand here before you
today. A concern that has gathered us together, and a fear that leaves us
questioning the very fabric of our society. I fear we are at a fork in
the road, and that without proper guidance by our government the values we hold
dear to our hearts will be forever lost as we wander along a long and very
treacherous path. The path I speak of is the path of censorship at the
highest levels and the loss of our privacy within the most intimate places of
our lives – the workplaces in which we toil, and the very homes in which we
live. I'd like to cast a light down a different path today, but first I'm
going to start with a small poem I wrote. <br>
<br>
Without sex, we die.<br>
Without death, we age.<br>
Without age, we are innocent.<br>
Without innocence, we are mature.<br>
<br>
With maturity, we are consenting.<br>
With consent, we are responsible.<br>
With responsibility, we are empowered.<br>
With empowerment, we govern.<br>
<br>
In government, we trust.<br>
<br>
We have bestowed our government with great powers. We trust the
government should act in a mature and responsible manner to uphold the rights
of all decent citizens, especially those who cannot fend for themselves.
Our children are especially important as we want them to enjoy the future of
our great nation just as we have enjoyed its past. We cannot however
allow ourselves to forget our own life experiences while teaching our children
how to be model citizens of the future.<br>
<br>
Learning how to cope with sex, sexuality, life and death are all parts of the
aging process. Preventing access to material that is sexual or horrific
in nature in the name of protecting the innocent is indeed a noble concept, but
ultimately fails to teach our children how to cope when faced with such
scenarios later in life. It is clear that our children will not stay
innocent forever. Without proper guidance, children don't know how to say
no to drugs, nor do they know about stranger danger, nor do they know how to
deal with their first sexual encounter. We must accept that there will
always be undesirable elements within our society such as paedophilia, and that
simply burying our heads in the sand is not going to make us effective parents.
Having the government bury our heads for us through mandatory content filtering
is certainly no better.<br>
<br>
The real solution to effective child rearing is effective parenting, in
combination with the excellent work being done in our schools by the education
sector. Our teachers are obliged to report all suspected abuse cases, and
are well trained in various aspects of child psychology making them effective
at detecting when something is wrong. Parents are empowered with trust by
the government to act responsibly and raise their children in line with
community expectations. Should adults abuse or neglect this trust, the
government has means of removing affected children from harm and placing them
in the care of the state. We trust the government to only enact these powers
in extreme scenarios where the trauma to a child of continued abuse would be
greater than the trauma of being forcibly removed from the custody of their
parents. Fortunately even in this day such extreme measures are rarely
called upon.<br>
<br>
The government has undermined the trust placed in us by seeking to play the
role of the parent directly, by selecting what content both we and our children
can access online. Clearly the government does not trust ordinary
Australians to be responsible parents, and instead seeks to play the role of
protective mother for all citizens through the guise of Internet content
filtering. Furthermore the government want to achieve this by
systematically abusing the privacy of all Australian homes and businesses, where
it will tap in at the heart of our telecommunications infrastructure and
monitor all our communications with family and loved ones, colleagues and
friends. Australian families neither want nor need Internet filtering Mr
Conroy, and neither families nor business can afford to implement Internet
filtering in these harsh economic times.<br>
<br>
I call upon the government to drop all plans for a costly and unmanageable
mandatory content filtering system and instead focus its efforts on supporting
the existing IAA family friendly ISP program. By providing additional
funding and subsidies to family friendly ISPs which already have experience in
delivering content filtering services, concerned Australian families could have
access to effective content filtering at little or no extra cost should they
feel it is required. With a much more manageable customer base the cost
to taxpayers will be greatly reduced, and Australian families will be able to
choose from a range of content filtering services rather than being lumped with
a one size fits all approach that can never be a perfect fit for all Australian
families and businesses.<br>
<br>
The path of mandatory content filtering is a very treacherous one that I hope
we can avoid for the benefit of all Australians. I trust our government
will see the light and lead us back onto a much brighter path, where educating
our children gives them the power to avoid the dangers they may face in life
and become model citizens of the future.<br>
<br>
I thank you all for your time today.<o:p></o:p></p>
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