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Can anyone in the UK verify this?
This is different to the proposed uk gov porn filter.
How do British folks feel about this? I mean if they tried to pull shit like this in Canada, people would flip, burn down the parliament building.
If you mean the filter: most of the support is from Conservative voters, especially the older voters and parents. Labour and the Conservatives support it, I think many Lib Dems oppose it. A few years ago I would have said the same thing - "If they did this here, Brits would go mad!" - I think everyone wants to believe that about their country, but when it comes to it people are surprisingly accepting. Also, it's wort…
There's a split in the Conservative party about infantilising adults - you just have to read ConservativeHome to see that. I would go as far to say that a majority of activists dislike what Cameron is being seen to do with the ISPs.
Contrast his current actions with his words several years ago: http://order-order.com/2007/11/24/cameron-we-are-libertarian...
I feel he's dangerous because he doesn't espouse an ideology. He doesn't offer a sense of where he wants to take the country - just wherever the newspaper headlines will take him. It might most kindly be described as a misguided sense of noblesse oblige.