I shall rail upon the majority (inc. bloggers) later.
But for now there's comment upon a purchase I made.
Had some av stuff pre-loaded with pc, bad, but not Norton or other "brand", so maybe's good.
Went for Norton in the end tho - unfortunately they do work and need to be sure, since Dr Soloman's demise.
Decided to activate parental control. Like tidyness, and yellow among green isn't/wasn't so....
Fuck me! (maybe, please!?!)
Look at what is automatically considered censorable:
1) Adult humour (given ready-access to many other sources e.g. Shrek, this is ...worth while? And how does adult humour differ from child/teenage/geriatric humour - again, Shrek? I presume by this, reference is made to elements comprising allusion to sex acts. Hmm. Seems heavy-handed. And I'll restrict myself to that, for now).
2) Alcohol/tobacco. Kids have the spending power of crime/work/their (all-often far too weak and incompetent to be allowed to procreate) parents. I've been subjected to ciggy advertising. On the simplest level smoking smells. 'nuff said. If people are that susceptible, the cause is elsewhere. Treat this, not symptoms. And ban smoking in public, everywhere, forever.
3) Anonymous proxies. Sounds sensible.
4) Crime. WTF?! This is sites that exhort children to join gangs and/or enter into criminal activity? Sites that inform about crime? Michael Jackson's website :P ? No comprendo, soz.
5) Drugs - Advocacy. Wouldn't necessarily disagree, but where there's a will...there are greedy relatives. ...uh, you know what I mean. And then there's the causation issue, once again. And peer pressure. Too simplistic if it's anything other than a sop to the middle-classes (in whichever country you might find yourself).
-- Drugs non-medical. Que? Apart from the obvious and assuming that non-medical drugs can only be those described as "recreational", these sites do what? Provide information or counter-arguments to advocacy? So ... what is the agenda here? Is it just because the word "drugs" is "bad"?
6) Gambling. See above arguments. Cashflow? Proof of identification? Parents actually doing their job? (And parenting is a job, unfortunately....)
7) Intolerance. WTF? WTF? WTF? WTF? WTF?
RANT: Who defines this? How? Why, apart from to propagate an inherently unfair and inequitable society (whatever, where ever) and protect a status quo that works, but to the benefit of only some. Idealogically, notwithstanding any potential merits that have mistakenly become inhered in the offering of this filter this is simply too subjective to have much merit (again, itself too subjective). This simply shows how far-removed we are from what really would be considered as "civilised" and while recognition of the limit of one's abilities is admirable,
to then seek to avoid to explore even what is within the boundaries set, let alone the boundaries themselves is to become prey to paranoia as well as (ultimately) the abdication of (the right to) life. I don't believe in quoting people (save lyrics, on occasion) so I'll just refer you to (I think) Disraeli.
So the Founding Fathers created a template for this mess? Jeez, I bet they're pissed!! And now, if George W owned up to that tree, he'd be doing community service. Arse.
8) Sex (Acts, Attire, Nudity, Personals). Children should have a childhood.Let's face it, what else is there for them to do? And something that stops them becoming the obnoxious arseholes that they (ineluctably, in the main) will for 18 years at least gives us [me, f - you!!! :) ] some respite. But nudity? In the main, it's so dull it's worth no mention. And attire? I mean, most women wear (to a fellow come moi) underwear that hints at sex (in view of what it covers and what I think of lots and lots - and lots and lots and lots and ...stop it Jonny!!!!) and if the person's right, even welly boots can be sexxxxxy. Another fuckin' ridiculous and poorly-thought out filter.
As for personals, ... I've decided to delete a rather long spiel and leave that as sensible although it indicates a society going backwards ....
9) Violence. If you kid gets bullied, or sees or knows of it ...haven't you taught them the difference between fact and fiction? Or are you too busy with yourself? Fact is, you have a kid, they become your primary focus for a looooong time. Not ready for that? Cut your balls off/shove quick-drying cement up your vag or abstain/use k-k-k-condoms/go anal.
10) Weapons. As long as it's a site dedicated to Iraq's WMD ...think about it...it's fine by me!
Otherwise, see above. Columbine II could happen at any time.
11) Occult/New Age. See 7 above. And yet TV evangelists and Paedophiles R Us (The Catholic Church) are legit? As if the latter didn't nick half of what the others were up to in the first mass-marketing exercise in history?
12) Sex education (advanced/basic/sexuality). Would've thought this 'd be a good thing. After all, isn't education the new (i.e. age-old) panacea for the world's ills? And thinking how repressed so many people are about "the sex act" (I think I like that phrase!)
As for sexuality. Define it. Go on. I've only had one person make a real attempt made at a definition and the person (probably quite bright) struggled like Hell with it. And, no, it's not sexual orientation. That's ... exactly.
So this censorship tells us so much (that is obvious in so many other ways, anyway) about people and society.
How can you say you're definitely better than anyone else (unless you're me!)?
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