Archive for July, 2009
Short post on hope
Posted by Aaron in Random ramblings on 4 July, 2009
Maybe it’s just me, but there seems to be an uncharacteristic imbalance between the concept of hope and it’s antithesis: despair.
To me, the concept of hope is something intangible and distant – gaseous, maybe – whereas despair is something much more significant and solid. Again, this may just be me and my own opinion.
I’m not sure that most people would put hope on their list of “Top 10 Things to Have in Life”, yet without it, life loses meaning. Without hope: love, happiness, money, possessions all lose meaning.
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I’m not sure where I’m going with this, but I believe that as long as you have hope, a light at the end of the tunnel, life is easier.
Just in case you thought Conroy knew what he was doing…
Posted by Aaron in Filter Circumvention, Internet censorship, Ranting, at stupidity, at the Australian Government on 1 July, 2009
http://www.privacy.gov.au/internet/tools/#6
I find it a little ironic that the government’s own internet privacy website includes sites that would allow people to bypass its proposed censorship system. Conroy’s view about the ease of bypassing this little farce of a “filter” seems to have been that only the smart, spotty nerds or computing experts will be able to bypass the censorwall. And yet, on a GOVERNMENT SITE, no less, there is a simple-to-understand guide to bypassing it.