Thursday, May 20, 2010

Customs porn inquiry upsets Sex Party (SMH)

FOR years the adult industry has fought to keep the government out of your bedroom. Now it is fighting to keep it out of your luggage as well.

The Incoming Passenger Card for people entering Australia was recently changed to ask if they are carrying pornography. If passengers declare they are, customs officials will be able to conduct a search to assess whether the material is illegal.

The Australian Sex Party says the move marks a new era of official investigations into people's private lives. It notes the lack of a formal definition of pornography means that a variety of erotica may need to be declared.


Customs porn inquiry

Who invited this dreadful government into our bedrooms? If anyone imagined that the netfilter wasn't just a puritan power grab this should disabuse them of that notion.

For Conroy and co., "protecting the children" means protecting the churches and their anti-porn, anti-fun campaign. You know it's policy on the run when the Australian Christian Lobby, riddled with young earther denialism, thinks it's a good idea.

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