For cods:-  If this was restricted for the kind of crap that people hand to vulnerable kids etc online, then I would be all for it - but like any and every thing modern day 'governments' want, such fine-minded things as protecting children are always hedged about/lumped in with a hell of a lot of direct attack on civil rights and liberties.

You may not notice them in everyday life - but you will once they are gone.

'Governments' are never content to simply outlaw a definite wrong - they always use that as an opportunity to impose their rule on other things, including such ephemeral things as someone's claimed 'feelings'....

Once again - the law has no place in enforcing anyone's feelings.... and especially not by creating criminals of those that person alleges to have a feeling about....

It's been wrong from the start - it is wrong now - it will always be wrong... been telling yez that since the Dead Sea was only Sick feeling a bit crook ....

Many of you imagine that this vile abuse of law does not happen and does not exist - for the simple reason that it has yet to bite you - but let me assure you - even if it doesn't bite you, it will bite your sons and grandsons one day...

Thanks for the warning, Grappler. Might be time for me to disappear. I've ALWAYS managed to offend EVERYBODY.

it fits in with the ongoing "infantalisation" of the nanny state.

your nanny doesnt want you to ever develop resilience or a thick skin.

she wants to keep you as a perpetual infant.

fragile and weak, so that you will always need to run to this 'authority figure" when you have a "problem".

it lets nanny maintain the power over you.

when you cant even look at something offensive, without having an emotional meltdown, you really are operating at the pyschological level of an infant.

and to allow this to continue as the behaviour acceptable in an ADULT.

to allow adults to remain as infants.


there is NOTHING uglier then an old infant.

everytime you turn to the nanny state to solve your problems you remain an infant.

imagine you see a woman pushing a pram and you go and peer inside and you see a fully grown 40 yo being pushed around in that pram.

thats an ugly thing.

an old infant.

that is a disgusting thing.

it does offer the advantage to the infant though that they never have to assume any responsibility. when the shiit hits the fan, they can just suck their thumb and cry and expect mummy and daddy to sort it out.

and that is the relationship of the majority of the population to government.

little whining children, sooking to scomo to solve their problems.....disgraceful

John Smith wrote on Jan 8^th, 2021 at 6:06pm:


I think most people opposed Labor's internet filter, hence why they dropped it....As they will oppose this proposal by the Coalition once they hear about it....I doubt this policy will get much public support???

cods wrote on Jan 10^th, 2021 at 9:37am:



ethical standards?  they're trying to dictate what people can say. There is a difference between FD controlling the content he allows on this forum and the govt. dictating what can and cannot be said.

Besides, like others have said, govt will abuse this law and use it to stop people calling out their lies pretending they are offended every time someone does so.

Phi wrote on Jan 9^th, 2021 at 2:39am:


Some are forced to be offended - some are born to it....

I often retort to some ideologue that if they find what I say offensive, then I am content... some people NEED to feel the scourge of being offended before they can begin to straighten out their off the track thinking...

Side note :-  I note that aquascoot's descriptive below describes 'feminism' to a T... this getting Big Brother to smash those you hate, and then progressively taking over the reins of Big Brother so you can save time and money and do it yourself without any hindrance from petty legalities and need to abide by the Rule of Law and social niceties such as being honest  ...... ...... ..... .... .... .... .... .... .... ..... ..... ..... ......

Valkie wrote on Jan 8^th, 2021 at 11:33am:



Hi Valkie,
we have a number of WOKE individuals from
Monks dump here at Ozpolitic.
Their whole agenda revolves around gay issues
and them being offended - by everything.