top | item 1290805 For a cleaner and safer internet (video) 33 points| seven | 16 years ago |cleanternet.org | reply 17 comments order hn newest [+] [-] ff0066mote|16 years ago|reply This is definitely a satire, but it's so deadpan that it was hard for me to pick up on until nearing the end of the video. Amazing. [+] [-] Hexstream|16 years ago|reply Somewhere on the internet, someone is taking this seriously. load replies (1) [+] [-] aik|16 years ago|reply Yeah. The part about the bill also extending to block political opposition gave it clearly away for me. Possibly hidden motives aren't typically announced in campaigns. [+] [-] epochwolf|16 years ago|reply At 1:14 you see the Ministry of Truth. That tripped me off that. :) load replies (1) [+] [-] unknown|16 years ago|reply [deleted] [+] [-] CulturalNgineer|16 years ago|reply Satire for sure...But the link to PayPal is real enough!I wonder if they've taken in any money? And if so, did the people think they were supporting this nutty idea or supporting satire? [+] [-] jayliew|16 years ago|reply China's internet as the future of the internet for the rest of the world? I don't know if I should laugh or cry. [+] [-] madmaze|16 years ago|reply I really do hope this is satire. otherwise it would be the beginning of the start of 1984 [+] [-] ra|16 years ago|reply Sadly this is true in Australia too.
[+] [-] ff0066mote|16 years ago|reply This is definitely a satire, but it's so deadpan that it was hard for me to pick up on until nearing the end of the video. Amazing. [+] [-] Hexstream|16 years ago|reply Somewhere on the internet, someone is taking this seriously. load replies (1) [+] [-] aik|16 years ago|reply Yeah. The part about the bill also extending to block political opposition gave it clearly away for me. Possibly hidden motives aren't typically announced in campaigns. [+] [-] epochwolf|16 years ago|reply At 1:14 you see the Ministry of Truth. That tripped me off that. :) load replies (1)
[+] [-] Hexstream|16 years ago|reply Somewhere on the internet, someone is taking this seriously. load replies (1)
[+] [-] aik|16 years ago|reply Yeah. The part about the bill also extending to block political opposition gave it clearly away for me. Possibly hidden motives aren't typically announced in campaigns.
[+] [-] epochwolf|16 years ago|reply At 1:14 you see the Ministry of Truth. That tripped me off that. :) load replies (1)
[+] [-] CulturalNgineer|16 years ago|reply Satire for sure...But the link to PayPal is real enough!I wonder if they've taken in any money? And if so, did the people think they were supporting this nutty idea or supporting satire?
[+] [-] jayliew|16 years ago|reply China's internet as the future of the internet for the rest of the world? I don't know if I should laugh or cry.
[+] [-] madmaze|16 years ago|reply I really do hope this is satire. otherwise it would be the beginning of the start of 1984
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[+] [-] CulturalNgineer|16 years ago|reply
But the link to PayPal is real enough!
I wonder if they've taken in any money? And if so, did the people think they were supporting this nutty idea or supporting satire?
[+] [-] jayliew|16 years ago|reply
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