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Gumboot

(531 posts)
31. B.... b... b.. but conservatives LOVE their porn!
Sat Nov 17, 2012, 11:23 PM
Nov 2012

Curbing Cameron will happen mercifully soon, at Britain's ballot boxes.

It will be good riddance to another Tory control freak.


"Tory censorship" has got sfa to do with it dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #1
Legally speaking, it's not. caseymoz Nov 2012 #6
Was just a UK issue. dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #8
I don't think I've heard the Christian Taliban suggest something like this YET dlwickham Nov 2012 #2
OH, it would be laughable if they did... SoapBox Nov 2012 #4
Romney talked about something like this back in 2007. . . Journeyman Nov 2012 #14
Rough equivalents show up all the time in the US. Courts love slapping them down. (nt) Posteritatis Nov 2012 #21
Why not just establish a "Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice?" PSPS Nov 2012 #3
That's why they have a Prime "Minister" in England Coyotl Nov 2012 #18
Go figure behindenemylins Nov 2012 #5
If my kids were still living with me, no matter their age, I would answer the question NO! RC Nov 2012 #7
In a surprising move David Cameron hires Mark Suben whistler162 Nov 2012 #9
It's not so bad for an ISP to offer parental controls to those who wnt them. Kablooie Nov 2012 #10
And if Petraeus had SoapBox Nov 2012 #11
Ahh Victorian England... Guess people don't learn from their mistakes. Fearless Nov 2012 #12
Even if your children are 40 and 32 and don't live with you? How silly. nt valerief Nov 2012 #13
As a parent I'm really concern about online pornography AlphaCentauri Nov 2012 #15
Maybe you would want to ban Google then? RC Nov 2012 #16
No, Google doesn't produce those images AlphaCentauri Nov 2012 #17
But Google helps you find them. RC Nov 2012 #22
Agreed about parenting & the Internet. mwooldri Nov 2012 #23
There are scenarios where parents are not perfect AlphaCentauri Nov 2012 #28
Wait, wait, *mandatory* internet filters? Posteritatis Nov 2012 #19
It sounded to me like the mandate was for ISPs to offer content filters. Kablooie Nov 2012 #26
Expect asylum applications from American fundmentalist Christians. alp227 Nov 2012 #20
I thought most computer have this anyway. hrmjustin Nov 2012 #24
England seems like one of the biggest purveyors of Big Brother high density Nov 2012 #25
Australia is not far behind. Socal31 Nov 2012 #32
I thought they were going to filter out people with straight teeth yurbud Nov 2012 #27
I must be a sucker for punishment.... Glamrock Nov 2012 #29
Some of Those Filters Filter Out a Lot More than Porn AndyTiedye Nov 2012 #30
B.... b... b.. but conservatives LOVE their porn! Gumboot Nov 2012 #31
Conservatives touting government davidpdx Nov 2012 #33
As a parent, years ago I tried one of these blocking programs for my small children. chelsea0011 Nov 2012 #34
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