Comments on: IT Minister Steven Joyce Still Against Filtering? http://thomasbeagle.net/2009/08/31/steven-joyce-still-against-filtering/ Sat, 24 Sep 2011 00:48:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: omk http://thomasbeagle.net/2009/08/31/steven-joyce-still-against-filtering/comment-page-1/#comment-11732 omk Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:24:57 +0000 http://thomasbeagle.net/?p=361#comment-11732 >What I find interesting about this letter is that he carefully avoids answering both of >the questions I asked. Sadly that is the mark of a good politician. It's the same the world over. You can however make the conclusion that you have made. A politician leaves him/herself wiggle room because there is the potential for the political wind to change. A true censorship zealot (e.g. motivated principally by religious beliefs) would not equivocate and would commit wholeheartedly regardless. >What I find interesting about this letter is that he carefully avoids answering both of >the questions I asked.

Sadly that is the mark of a good politician. It’s the same the world over.

You can however make the conclusion that you have made. A politician leaves him/herself wiggle room because there is the potential for the political wind to change. A true censorship zealot (e.g. motivated principally by religious beliefs) would not equivocate and would commit wholeheartedly regardless.

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