Tute Task Number 8.

SIGN AN E-PETITION
Stop slaughter and animal abuse in Romania! This is the petition i signed, i hope it actually helps. http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Romania/signatures.html

RESPOND TO A PROFESSIONAL BLOGGER AT A MAJOR NEWS SITE
I commented on a blog about the new Dan Brown book. The blog contained an extract from the book. Im comment_on_a_blog_blogger. Check it out.  Oh yeah, the blog is off  The Australian’s blog. http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/alr/index.php/theaustralian/comments/extract_the_lost_symbol_dan_brown/desc/P0/

WHAT IS BARAK OBAMA UP TO TODAY?
I found him on twitter! (Well, not Barak himself, but someone who stalks him) Right now he is about to talk with autoworkers in Ohio, AFL-CIO convention. Here’s a link – http://tweet.papermashup.com/deliver.php?tw=fansofobama&id=http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-to-talk-with-autoworkers-in-ohio-afl-cio-convention-attendees-in-pa-168605/

FIND OUT WHO YOUR LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES ARE. 
My local member of State parliament is Peter Lawlor (this is for Southport on the Gold Coast). My local member of Federal parliament is The Hon Archibald Ronald Bevis who represents Brisbane. Is this what the question is asking for??

LOOK UP QUEENSLAND OR AUSTRALIAN  HANSARD TO FIND THE LAST TIME YOUR MEMBER SPOKE IN PARLIAMENT
Using the queensland hansard I searched for Peter Lawlor but couldnt find anything that he himself had said. But by just using Peter Lawlor’s own site I discovered that he last spoke on 16th September about a baby change table and  cot in one that is thought to be the reason why a nine month old baby died last year.

LET YOUR LOCAL MEMBER KNOW WHAT YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THEIR LAST SPEECH.
Yeah, no. I don’t feel the need to comment. I would be a comment for sake of a comment. I agree with what he said and think he dealt with the matter in the right way. Here’s the link to his speech – http://www.peterlawlor.com.au/southport/pages/posts/baby-change-table-recall4918.php

READ THE LECTURE AND THE READINGS, PURSUE A COUPLE OF THE TOPICS THAT YOU FIND MOST INTERESTING AND THEN POST YOUR BLOG WITH YOUR WELL CONSDIERED THOUGHTS ABOUT THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF POLITICS.
“The battle between free speech and censorship on the net has taken many strange turns. The libel case against Prodigy assumes that the Net is like a newspaper. But it is not mass media in the accepted sense (one source to many receivers) – so shouldnt the response be appropriate? An American man who had set up a pornographic image bank accessible by means of the Internet, was jailed for trafficking in pornography. Big deal. The thing is – his site/s continue to run without him. The images are there. You cannot retract anything once it has been disseminated.”

This was a real eye-opener for me. You cannot retract anything once it has been disseminated. Im sure I knew this already but it seems to have only just hit me now. So what are we doing about it?? If images and files can never be removed, shouldnt we all be more careful as to what gets uploaded? Shouldn’t websites like these be, i dunno, shut down? Somehow? As for this ‘freedom of speech’ debate, I reckon we are all entitled to it. Yes, there are a lot of weirdos out there who have very strange ideas of right and wrong, but we dont have to read nor do we have to hear it. Don’t go looking for what you don’t want to know. Relish the fact that when you feel strongly about an issue you are entitled to express your opinion freely.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT’S PLANS TO CENSOR THE INTERNET (THE SO-CALLED “CLEAN FEED”)???
I think the government has good intentions, trying to make the internet a safer place for children. But really, if it’s going to slow down internet access by 80% then it’s a ridiculous idea. Schools already have programs that block A LOT of sites, includes social networking sites, which work well. As for when kids are in their own home? Why don’t parents just supervise children when they use it? If they are old enough to use it by themselves, perhaps they are old enough to see or read about potentially ‘harmful’ sites. Dont waste tax payers money!!