A voluntary filter is not tyranny and it's fucking disgusting to compare optional filtering of semi-random webcontent with governments who murder and torture their citizens.
You are the one that made the equivalence, not the person to which you replied. Nice straw man.
This UK porn filter is a step on a path. Yes, that current position is not tyranny, but it's a step on the path to it. Frogs can't be dropped into boiling water, but you can turn up the heat a little bit at a time until they boil. That's what's happening in the US and UK right now. The end result will be tyranny, and it will end with murder and torture of citizens.
Btw, in the US, we've already started murdering our citizens[1].
"but you can turn up the heat a little bit at a time until they boil."
This has been called "kettling" in police jargon regarding crowd-control. For an older example, look to Roman general Fabius Maximus (from which the Fabian Society took its name) who used a new tactic [1], consisting of attrition, to defeat his enemies. Also, might as well mention that Sung Tzu (correct me if I'm wrong) said the weakest and dumbest way to enact political change is via military action, preferring subversion instead.
You are the one that made the equivalence, not the person to which you replied. Nice straw man.
This UK porn filter is a step on a path. Yes, that current position is not tyranny, but it's a step on the path to it. Frogs can't be dropped into boiling water, but you can turn up the heat a little bit at a time until they boil. That's what's happening in the US and UK right now. The end result will be tyranny, and it will end with murder and torture of citizens.
Btw, in the US, we've already started murdering our citizens[1].
1. http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2011/09/obama-assassin...
EDIT: remove "Boiled" before frogs to clarify my intent. Thanks coldcode.