Browsing teh Interwebz.

As the title suggests, I was browsing the net earlier today and came across this blog and I realised. I haven't updated this thing in freaking months >< ... My bad.
So, why am I bothering to update now?

In the past few months, I have had a good length of time to postulate on certain things, things that will be mentioned in future blogs. (One that is sure to open a can of worms and possibly piss off others is my religious based one. Should I begin tying the noose myself?)
With all the things I feel I still have to say and explore, I thought it was about time to kickstart the old blog again.

Watch out mother fuckers, im back :)

Censorship of the internet: Protecting the innocent or attacking the last bastion of freedom?

I’m sure to many of you, my opinions soon to follow are already very clear. I do not believe the government or any government for that matter should censor the internet. It is one of the last sources of unbiased truth and freedom of information left in the world, if not the last, with the rest of humanities resources of information being used for propaganda and control. Be it the capitalist conglomerates of the world, or the governments of the western world (who appear to be sliding into fascism once again: Britain is a good example here), our venues of information are no longer safe.

The internet is our only source of freedom left, but we may soon no longer have that. In Australia, Senator Conroy, the minister for information, is attempting to place a nationwide filter on what we can view online. The proposed filter is apparently supposed to be for our youth, protecting them from illegal content such as child pornography and the like. It sure sounds good; however there are many faults here, which will be outlined below.

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The filter blocks more than just the child porn Senator Conroy has mentioned. A leaked blacklist (link) was released online a couple of years ago, and it contains more than just the content he has mentioned. Also listed are websites like 4chan (!). As can be plainly seen, Mr Conroy seems to be deceiving the general public. Without the power of information that is the Internet, we would never have found out his underhanded tactics. It has since been revealed that even websites advocating or even providing information on subjects such as Euthanasia may be banned as well.

In my opinion, it would only be a matter of time before useful websites such as Wikileaks would be banned, simply because the government disagrees with the views and information that it provides. Internet facism? Totalitarianism? I think so. How long before the internet becomes yet another capitalist propaganda tool, full of biased news reports, one sided views on governments and wars, and policed to prevent anyone having a true say? Not too long if Senator Conroy has his way.

·         It fails to prevent illegal content from being made; in fact it doesn’t even prevent people from viewing it! If the government, and the increasingly mentally deficient looking Senator Conroy, had done any sort of research as to HOW the internet bloody works, they would have realised blocking a few website URLS does near nothing to prevent child pornography and the like from being spread. This, my friends, is due to a little thing called Peer-to-Peer networks. Ever used a program called Limewire? Pretty much that. That is what the serious child pornographers and viewers make use of to spread that filth. And that is something

THAT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE PROPOSED FILTER. Score 1 for the government, you’re going after the wrong source...AGAIN. Seems to becoming a regular thing these days; Wars, Internet filters, elections...they can’t get it right.

·         Even victims of child abuse are against it! I was initially surprised at this, wouldn’t have thought victims would be against it. But when I heard their opinions on the filter and why it would be a bad thing, I could easily see what they meant and now agree 100%

Basically, their argument was that the filter does nothing to prevent the abuse from happening, does nothing to aid in the prosecution of these criminals. And in fact, aids them by removing it from public eye, pretty much preventing the websites from being reported and acted upon in the first place. Makes sense doesn’t it? Senator Conroy is unintentionally aiding child pornographers! And I thought my respect for him and the government couldn’t go any lower.

I really hope that the ‘proposed’ filter does not go further than it already has. Let’s keep it as a proposition and nothing else please, an idiotic idea that should be given no more credibility by even considering it. However, IF it does go any further, I am more than happy to fight for my rights as an online citizen, for the rights and freedoms of all who use the internet.

Suicide Silence - Unanswered (Fkn love this song.)

How much must I curse your name
And put your beliefs to shame
Before you prove yourself
And end this life?

End this life

And I’ll say a fucking prayer
Because I know it won’t be answered

Where is your god? 
Where is your god?
Where is your fucking god?

And even though I don't believe in you
I pray for the day
I pray for the day
That you end this life

So please
Take me
Away

I want the hand of god
To come and strike me down
To come and strike me down

Where is your god? 

Where is your god?
Where is your fucking god?

For all the prayers that go unanswered
 For all the prayers that go unanswered
Why do you think that is?
For the families that waste their time
Open your eyes

And all your prayers will go
Unanswered
Why do you think that is?
For the families that waste their time
Open your fucking eyes

The Truth Manifesto

It's time for that blog I promised I would write up a few weeks ago. That one? Yeah.

To be perfectly honest, there isn't 1 real specific reason why I changed the name of this blog. A change in musical tastes, preference for a particular title, cooler domain, and plenty more all made a difference. One aspect I can expand upon, however, is that I felt the original title of 'SelfvsSelf' (while being the title of a really awesome song) did not reflect my current condition.

Some may know of past issues, most wont. Long story short, the name Self vs Self was representative of the internal struggle of me, trying to find the balance to restore a sense of purpose in my life. I believe that I have recently attained such a balance, and while it has not brought any comfort or end to struggles, it has helped me analyse and focus myself upon these.

A lot of my life is now more concerned with my relationship with society, and find an equilibrium between my psychological disarray and the unnerving, confronting society around me.

This is where the new blog name 'The Sound of Truth' comes in. It is the name of an old blog of mine, and was my only successful attempt at a blog previously. Its name originates from the song by As I Lay Dying, and the blog was generally an opinion based blog, chucking out my views on current events, religious beliefs and the like. (I liked the name The Sound of Truth especially since it came to symbolise how my opinions ARE my truth, and that the blog was an outlet for my personal truths).

After a while of generally not blogging, I decided to move on...and have now decided to come back.

I will be writing an opinions blog once again, however the catalyst, and hence the context, has changed. Now, I write for myself, write to reconcile my beliefs and inclinations with the doctrine of contemporary society. No longer do I write for others, this is all about me, my Truths.


This is my manifesto.

Blog Title Change

So, I have gone from Self Versus Self to The Sound of Truth (audiovalidity.blogspot.com).

Yes there is a good reason for this, and some of the followers of my old blog may understand the title.
But either way, ill leave it until the next full post for an explanation.

Prelude 2.0

With all of the attempted blogs I have had in the past, I think this is the second time only that I have made it to a second post! Hooray for progress.

Although, i'm not too sure how much progress has been made, since I still do not know why I am blogging in the first place. :S It's like I have a subconscious desire to do so, without the conscious side of me knowing the fuck why. Ehh, it's also probably due to a certain friend blogging all the time, subliminally influencing me...(Thanks Gina ;] ). Either way I still have no clue why I am doing this.
Maybe I shall discover the why when I have explored the nature of the what. That is, maybe through writing whatever it is I feel I have to say, I will discover why I am in fact saying it.

Let me just take a moment to say: I know. I waffle on a lot. But, I don't care, this is for me :3 Anyone else reading is just a bonus.

ANYWAY, back to what I was saying. I think my best course of action would be to write about a particular theme or issue that has arisen for me/is on my mind at the time of writing, give some direction.



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I have probably lost your attention already (as I have lost interest in what I am writing ><), so I guess I will start the thematic blogs next time, and probably end this trainwreck of a blog now.

Hopefully posting something better next time,
-Sero
 

Welcome

OK, so this is probably blog attempt 8, so hopefully I persevere with this one and actually keep at it. Time will tell I suppose. In all honesty I do see this blog actually asking, unlike the other ones. This is mainly due to me finally having some things to say (lol), and the fact I have been keeping up with a LOT of personal writing these days, so some public posting would be nice to attempt.

All that aside, WELCOME to my new blog Self Versus Self!
It will for once follow your usual blog format, even though I feel if you're that interested in what i've been upto, you'll either stalk me, facebook stalk me or even just ask.

Though, instead of just listing everything thats been happening, id prefer to treat this blog as a stream of consciousness of sorts, just stating and exploring my thoughts and feelings in the moment that I choose to write. Expect it to go all existential fairly often, whenever I write my thought path seems to tread that way...(it can be frustrating at times).

But what can you do, hey?

Enjoy.