The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is campaigning to defend bloggers’ rights. Most of the action is in the US, but many of the same issues arise here.
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"I do not know how he is a professor, but anyway he purports to be an economist" Senator Richard Alston, ex-Minister for Communications
"One of the elder statesmen of the Oz blogosphere" - Age Media Blog
"More intelligent than Britney Spears"Jason Soon
"The great neo-classical iconoclast"Ross Gittins
"A green activist with a totalitarian mindset", editorial, The Australian
"would argue under a pile of wet statistics and produces more copy than Xerox". Stephen Matchett in the Australian
"the odd Quiggan (sic) is good mental exercise; all part of life's rich tapestry et al."Peter Jonson
"Wrong", "incorrect", "off the mark again" Institute for Public Affairs, Institute for Private Enterprise, Centre for Independent Studies etc.
"Never wrong"Tim Blair
"A compassionate exponent of the dismal science" Stewart Fist
"An indispensable weblog"Bear Left
"Quiggin strikes me as the stereotype of an Australian - joyful, hearty, and not particularly aware of his own strength."SomeCallMeTim
"Krugman of the Antipodes"Christopher Joye
" ... his chief delight was drinking cups of coffee at odd hours" Anthony Powell A Dance to the Music of Time
Can we just say that bloggers get banned by co-bloggers for no particular reason. Have attempted to post on Barista for a while. All attempts fail,”denied for questionable content”. Even when you are trying to support the wonder of Kurt Vonnegut. Quietly and politely ,helpfull, and frustrated.
Guess some bloggers have a banned list and how do you get off it, when you love their site?
Unless you’ve done something awful, I suspect overactive spam software, which has somehow listed your IP address. I’d email Barista and ask.
Maybe the EFF should be nationalised to ensure that it is properly funded and it can more effectively defend our common interests. If it’s defending freedom then surely it should be a department within the Office of Homeland Security. It seems dangereous to leave such an important function to the private sector where it might fall under the influence of the unsavoury elements in society.
Or would that mean putting the fox in charge of the hen house?
Terje, the EFF has its own agenda. It promotes the interests of ISPs.
but everyone likes ISPs.