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"Fake Steve Conroy" fesses up: Twitter satire of Australian Communications Minister

1 pointsby danpragerabout 16 years ago

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danpragerabout 16 years ago
In the spirit of FSJ, intended in part to satirize Australian governmental attempts to increase internet censorship.<p>Some of the tweets:<p>"Apparently LOL means 'Laugh Out Loud' and not 'Lots Of Love'. Now I'm going to have to re-read all those internet comments about me."<p>"about to board my flight to Melbourne .. nabbed seat 1B! a person in a wheelchair was going to get it .. lucky IM CONROY! Trump card played!"<p>"When I Googled for information on how to circumvent surrogacy laws in Victoria, I bookmarked the results so we could ban the sites later."<p>"The filter is a community service; it's not just about removing content, we can also repair content. We can make it truthier."<p>"I don't think it's unreasonable to compare the National Filter Network to a cure for Super-AIDS; both of them protect children."<p>"Dear journalists; please do not continue to report on my enormous penis and ability to please the ladies. My personal life is off-limits."<p>"Today I received an I-Phone. The IT people tell me that it is biometrically activated, but no matter how much I lick it, it won't turn on."