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A speeding fine racket is an extortion scheme whereby a powerful entity such as the RTA coerces other less powerful entities or individuals to pay protection money which allegedly serves to purchase protection services against various external threats. Such as being uninsured if your involved in a road crash or being hassled by the man and thrown in gaol for driving without a license.

Those who do not buy into the protection plan are often targeted by police or other law enforcement agencies. There actions are typically thought to originate from the organization itself. When a person or group refuses to pay for protection, word is put out that they are outside of the RTA’s protection (these organizations often exist in the absence of a trusted police force) and that the person or group in question is therefore free game for police or the organization itself.

The protection money is typically collected by the “State Debt Recovery Office”. Although the organization might be particularly coercive in obtaining protection money, it is usually careful to shelter its “mark” from attacks by competitor organizations that similarly attempt to solicit or threaten the targeted individuals or businesses. Disputes between organizations concerning territory consequently arise from two competing organizations attempting to extort from the same “clients”. Such as breaking the speed limit while in another state.

I am not really that passionate about the internet censorship thing. At worst I expect it will be an inconvenience, then someone will notice that boingboing is banned. Fifteen to 20 minutes later, the entire internet will be taken hostage, and Kevin Rudd, noticing he can no longer upload his youtube videos, will immediately reverse all censorship related decisions.

Seriously though, I expect the system will be so ineffective that we’ll all find ways around it. I understand that the system was proposed for ridiculous reasons, has a silly rationale (protecting children from child porn?) and is fairly offensive in that it pretty much labels internet users as pedophiles and porn looker-upperers (there’s a word for that). However, given that gamers are pretty much labeled as violent killers, it’s par for the course. I’ll just shoot someone in the face one day, skullfuck them, then blame karma.

Having said that, I got riled enough to do some “art” for the “cause”. I mean, it’s like someone is dipping their dick into my tea, and I’m acting like “Oh I’ll just drink around it.”