Comments on: SA PLAN TO BAN INTERNET PORN

By: Wizzy

Wizzy — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Wil they get it ryt?. Wow, lets look at da Home Affairs Dept, is sumhow shiftin their ID and Documentation backlog. We sitting wif millions of citizens wifout employment and education just bcuz of a merer ID. So they must get dat ryt 1st

By: Pierre

Pierre — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Oh joy. Oh the joys of living on the African continent. Today they ban porn, tomorrow they take away our gay rights.

I am sick of these "religious" groups meddling in politics. It's not difficult the see all of them have hidden agendas and none have anything to do with morality.

By: Ant

Ant — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

And how exactly will they define www porn?
Fall in line ANTS…

By: sociophobe

sociophobe — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

What next....!. Oh please. The government should really focus their brain power(if thet have any) and try and regulate rape,theft and unlawfull acts like coming into the country without documents.
What is next? Bann ANY porn availible thru shops and adult outlets?That is clearly the next step.

But what would you expect of a government applauding a president`s 21 baby!
Come on guys,get real. It looks like the people in parliament obviousely have too much time on their hands.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Perhaps the department of home affairs should concentrate a little more on issueing IDs and passports and stopping the coruption in their deparment than on wasting their resources on attempting a poorly thought out authoritarian measure.

By: Jhb_guy

Jhb_guy — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Ban internet porn. Well, how the hell are they going to get that right? honestly? It's virtually impossible to block porn on a non regulated service EG the internet.

No need to worry.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

…… It never ceases to amaze me the collective stupidity of this government (and that word is used loosely).
While I am 100% behind their attempts to restrict child access to porn but surely if kids are accessing it online then it begs the question: where the hell are the parents and why aren’t they monitoring what their kids do online? There are loads of programs out there that can block access to porn and monitor exactly what sites are visited and when. Why don’t they make it law that public internet cafes or home computers must have this software? Doesn’t that qualify as the “necessary restrictive mechanisms” that the minister suggests? That way people are still given the choice and freedom is not restricted.
But as Robert A Heinlein once said, “When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects ‘This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know,’ the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives. Little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; on the contrary, no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs – not anything – you can’t conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him.”

By: Barney

Barney — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Glass houses. He who has multiple wives and illegitimate children should not throw stones.

By: whynot

whynot — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

morals!!. I think it is about time these people who are totally devoid of principle and moralityshould concentrate on correcting thir own moral values.
I do not need a second rate politician or bigoted church organisation to advise me of my mrals.

It is clear that those who supposedly govern have no comprehension of our constutution and are intent on trying to enforce a totalitarian regime as equally mind numbingly stupid as the previous regime...

By: Coligny

Coligny — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hahahaha. Well good luck in trying.
Not even the Chinese goverment with it’s very advanced technology, and well trained experts could even make a dent in pornography on the internet, what is our poor minister going to do? Ask really nicely?