I will let Conroy's stupidity speak for itself:

After listening to public concern over the mandatory speed hump plan, Senator Conroy today abandoned the concept in favour of public education campaigns and better policing.

"Over the weekend I've realised that I don't actually know that much about traffic management and it might be best to listen to the experts," Senator Conroy said.

"People might have thought we were joking about speed humps on the freeway, but I can assure you the plan to do the same to the internet is completely real. It's been all over the news. That's fine, because anyone who opposes mandatory internet filtering obviously loves kiddie porn."

link

Ok, my 2c. First up...MANDATORY freeway speed bumps....every 100m?! What planet does this guy live on?! It's bad enough they are on local roads, but imagine everywhere?! And then he admits he's a douche and he knows nothing about it....but then turns around and accuses people of loving kiddy porn who oppose the internet filter - does that mean everyone who opposes mandatory speed bumps loves speeding, running over pedestrians and getting involved in fatal car accidents?

holy s***! that's a real quote

I don't understand how this guy is allowed to say the things he does. Isn't there a book of rules or something for politicians... some sort of policy that you have to justify your arguments and not make huge sweeping statements calling everyone that disagrees with you a paedophile?



last edited by thermite at 17:49:41 21/Dec/09

Conroy you're a f*** head.

no it isnt?

You guys are bigger morons than Conroy is.

* Home » Blogs » aturner's blog » Conroy abandons speed hump plans for Australia's freeways

Does that mean I am able to sue Conroy for defamation?

How the f*** can that guy have anything to do with roads AND the internet?

huh?

headdesk

plz read carefully before posting

Haha, but seriously, do you guys know even less about the internet than Conroy does?

Haha, but seriously, do you guys know even less about the internet than Conroy does?

haah

ok well I didn't believe it when I read it in the OP, but when I clicked the link it says "SYDNEY MORNING HERALD" which I've heard somewhere is actually a proper newspaper. I wasn't familiar with newspapers having a 'blog' section..wtf...lame....

ermm....so i've been duped....i was like SMH is reputable....yes it's a blog but it came up in the google news?!

don't worry I'll put my own head into the desk.

http://mimg.ugo.com/200910/11727/facepalm.jpg

Man, I have told everyone about this s***, how do you think I feel.
Just an excuse for them to get hits by publishing fake articles and writing 'blog' in 8pt font somewhere in the corner. f***ers. Theres nothing in the definition of "blog" that means "lies".

Well it might end up discrediting him a bit more. Might actually make people aware of how stupid it is.

I thought it was real at first too, I thought SMH was reputable too and didn't realise they had a blog.

dear god
if you read this and didn't immediately pickup on the fact that it's satire, you are failing harder than the average QGLian

i thought this was a great idea

I'm glad we had this talk

Nope my comment still stands.

dear god
if you read this and didn't immediately pickup on the fact that it's satire, you are failing harder than the average QGLian

I disagree. It's published under SMH, and is close enough to questionable that it can hardly be dismissed as satire, especially consider how much of a f***ing idiot the guy in question is.

Satire should be clear, and this is not. It claims too closely to be fact, and is published by someone who's supposed to be reputable. It's no wonder online media and newspapers gone that way have such a rubbish reputation these days.

Frankly I just found this one pathetic. It's not satire. It's just plain lying.

an internet filter would fix this problem

if you read this and didn't immediately pickup on the fact that it's satire, you are failing harder than the average QGLian

this.

also, twas a good read. glad to see more publicity about this stupid idea in the mainstream media (even if it is a blog lulz)

Satire should be clear, and this is not.

Dude it was pretty clear.

WTF? I hadn't heard the speed bump thing, does he want to turn the M1 into a 40km/h road or something? I hope someone keys this c***s car & hacks his computer & fills it with kiddy porn. f*** off conroy.

edit: yeah it might be satire but I saw on the news that there was actually a plan to turn some of the busiest roads into 40km/h zones, whether or not that meant the M1 is what I want to know because they showed a picture of what looked like a highway.

last edited by whoop at 19:05:29 21/Dec/09

The fact hat it has managed to fool so many people speaks volumes to how much of a Joke his internet filter plan really is.

I'd pimp this link to everyone (Facebook etc) just so they can see how stupid his safety filter is.

Satire should be clear, and this is not.

If you're a moron.

Also nice one nf and maxe for chiming in so early.

I disagree. It's published under SMH, and is close enough to questionable that it can hardly be dismissed as satire, especially consider how much of a f***ing idiot the guy in question is.

Satire should be clear, and this is not. It claims too closely to be fact, and is published by someone who's supposed to be reputable. It's no wonder online media and newspapers gone that way have such a rubbish reputation these days.

Frankly I just found this one pathetic. It's not satire. It's just plain lying.

Honestly, I don't think you should be using the internet without adult supervision. Is there an adult there who can help you?

an internet filter would fix this problem

hahaha

I disagree. It's published under SMH, and is close enough to questionable that it can hardly be dismissed as satire, especially consider how much of a f***ing idiot the guy in question is.

Satire should be clear, and this is not. It claims too closely to be fact, and is published by someone who's supposed to be reputable. It's no wonder online media and newspapers gone that way have such a rubbish reputation these days.

Frankly I just found this one pathetic. It's not satire. It's just plain lying.

Honestly, I don't think you should be using the internet without adult supervision. Is there an adult there who can help you?

The internet filter will help him.

Edit: Damn, imitation beat me.

I don't feel quite as stupid about the Santa thread now.

last edited by Hogfather at 19:26:13 21/Dec/09

The use of "speed bumps" and "highway" is an analogy to the information superhighway and the filter being a speed bump in the user's experience.

Do this make the satire any clearer?

lost cause, infi.

I wasn't familiar with newspapers having a 'blog' section..wtf...lame....

Back in the day newspapers had these things called 'Editorials' where columnists could spout about any old s***. Likewise, they had this related section called 'Letters to the Editor' where readers could spout about any old s***.
Nowadays they're just called 'Blogs' and 'Comments' respectively.

Considering some of the slow responses I'd like to thank this thread for highlighting which of fellow forum users I would and wouldn't want beside me when the zombie apocalypse hits.

Srsly tho, this is on the front page of Google News. Really should not be there, this is not news.

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From Drop Box

yeah it's easy to laugh when you're not the first d******* that replied

Satire should be clear, and this is not.

hahahahahahahahahahahaha

it's always easy to laugh when you're around thermite

edit: hah, spot the people who didn't read the OP's link


last edited by taggs at 20:52:14 21/Dec/09

I don't understand how having speed humps on highways is in any way a good idea.

Are we talking those long mounds that you can easily cruise over or the short sharp ones that need you slow right down or make everything in your boot bounce, or something in between?

A:KDSFJAS:DLJF

It would be stupid. When the road is reaching capacity it only takes a fkn car pulled over by a cop to slow EVERYONE down while random people slow down a little to gawk.

So if EVERYONE has to slow down, even for a little bit, at a speed hump this would back up traffic stupidly on near capacity roads (think peak hour).

This is kinda obvious to anyone that drives, why would you even consider it?

haha in before all the other people that reply without reading the thread

i love it now

I think this is worse:

http://stephen-conroy.com/page.php?4

O, wait, what? lawl.

HEY GUYS f*** SPEEDBUMPS WHATS GOING ON IN THIS THRAD

i sometimes browse porn on my phone while driving

Sup conroy

yeah it's easy to laugh when you're not the first d******* that replied

Even easier when you are not the d******* that made the thread!!

Satire should be clear, and this is not.

WARNING, SATIRICAL CONTENT MAY BE PRESENT IN THE FOLLOWING!

LMAO i cant believe some of you guys thought it was real. Sif it wasn't half f***in obvious.

Now it all makes sense why the country is the way it is..

so the internet isn't a real highway??

ps

my humps my humps my humps

my lovely lady lumps

hahahaha
hahahah
hahahah


are you f***ing kidding me? that was on my google "tech feed" (which is terrible) and in the fourth paragraph down the blogger clearly makes out that he's taking the piss.

hahahaha

I fell into this trap once myself, was like "what the f*** is this s***, please tell me he's taking the piss" and then i read the whole article

edit: if you click on related links The archbiship is another good person to take advice from about the internet

last edited by skythra at 01:30:45 22/Dec/09

If you're a moron.

Honestly, I don't think you should be using the internet without adult supervision. Is there an adult there who can help you?

I think you've missed my point. Stephen Conroy is such a deluded idealist beyond what I can even begin to describe, while however unlikely and stupid this story may be, when tied to him there's entirely a chance it's credible. If it were any other politician you'd just chuckle, nod in understanding, and move on. But because it's Conroy... this man has no limits when it comes to the dumb things he can come up with.

Remember Richard Alston? He's like him. But on crack.

Satire should be clear, and this is not.

Dude it was pretty clear.

It's alarming to me how unclear this is. The guy is a douche, and you can imagine him actually saying some of this stuff. This looks like any normal article to me - it should be marked a lot more clearly as to it's content, "Blog" isn't a categorisation - I read a lot of reference material from "blogs"

except he's not the minister for interfering with our lives or the minister for transport
he's the minister for censorship

srsly, get a cluepon

I read a lot of reference material from "blogs"

that is your first mistake!

i've whined about these newspapers having blogs previously (mostly about news.com.au). It's marketing-cool to have a blog so they can publish all the "news" they're too gutless to post on their real front page. Don't read them, ever, IMO. Or if you do, assume (like you should with any blog, except mine of course which is always 100% factual) they're full of s***.

unless of course, it's andrew bolt.

especially andrew bolt

I actually agree with a lot of what Andrew Bolt says. I'm not quite sure when that happened.

especially andrew bolt

I thought it was real at first too, I thought SMH was reputable too and didn't realise they had a blog.

Not the freeway but the main road yes.
My local council and the next door one made a serious effort to ban cars from their main shopping drag, for a distance of a couple of miles.
Now my council are putting superstops for trams in the middle of a main but narrow car road instead,
Actually I support this as even tho I drive I laugh at those who ONLY drive, and I agree that public transport should be more accessible and have a higher priority.
dang! I have been caught being serious,
back to the fray I need to shoot someone quick!!