Iceland Government Proposes Chinese Style Internet Regulation and Porn Bans

By JG Vibes
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February 14, 2013

I had a feeling that all the hype about Iceland’s “revolution” was a bit off base, especially because their so called revolution was rooted in the collectivism of democracy, a worldview that uses popular opinion as an excuse to use violence against against nonviolent people.  How they handled the bankers was great, but allowing yourself to be oppressed under yet another democracy is certainly not a worthwhile revolution.

The functions of government that are legitimately needed by society should not be under the control of a coercive monopoly, as i explain in my free Ebook “Creating Peace and Abundance Through Stateless Economics”

While Iceland is probobly a great place to live in a lot of ways, their political system is definetly not something to be admired or replicated by people interested in freedom.  Recently, there have even been suggestions of unprecedented internet regulations targeted specifically at online pornography, but still giving the government a foot in the door for control over other aspects of the internet.

According to The Telegraph:

The unprecedented censorship is justified by fears about damaging effects of the internet on children and women.

Ogmundur Jonasson, Iceland’s interior minister, is drafting legislation to stop the access of online pornographic images and videos by young people through computers, games consoles and smartphones.

“We have to be able to discuss a ban on violent pornography, which we all agree has a very harmful effects on young people and can have a clear link to incidences of violent crime,” he said.

The proposals are expected to become law this year despite a general election in April.

“There is a strong consensus building in Iceland. We have so many experts from educationalists to the police and those who work with children behind this, that this has become much broader than party politics,” Halla Gunnarsdottir, a political adviser to Mr Jonasson told the Daily Mail.

This is insane, regardless of someones opinion on pornography, that does not give them the right to violently restrict people from trading, viewing or creating ANYTHING, including of course pornography!  If people are concerned about their children getting a hold of pornography they should actually try parenting for a change instead of expecting the government and the rest of society to do it for them.

A similar situation has already occurred in the new post revolution “democracy” in Egypt, and i wrote an article on that months ago, explaining the problems with democracy and how it allows people to justify violence against their nonviolent neighbors.

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J.G. Vibes is the author of an 87 chapter counter-culture textbook called Alchemy of the Modern Renaissance, a staff writer, reporter for theintelhub.com and Executive Producer of the Bob Tuskin Radio Show.

You can keep up with his work, which includes free podcasts, free e-books & free audiobooks at his website www.aotmr.com

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DTOM: So much for the Icelandic revolution...