Why do school computer networks need internet censoring programs? Do they really think kids are going to be looking up porn while sitting in the computer lab? Somehow I doubt that's going to happen. There really isn't any way to be discreet about that sort of thing. And I'm pretty sure that's all kinds of illegal anyway.
More importantly, these programs block sites on personal devices as well, meaning that if you're hooked up to a school Wi-Fi network, the thing is next to useless as far as internet goes. And isn't that kind of our own personal business? Shouldn't we be allowed to do whatever we want on our own phones/iPods/whatever the new shiny thing is this week?
Sure, it could be argued that since you're using THEIR network, you have to go by their rules. But that just brings us back to the question of what the point of having it at all. I mean, these blockers have been around far longer than personal devices that can use the internet, so what was originally the philosophy behind them. Hatred of fun, I imagine. Schools seem to have a thing for that.
"But wait," you shriek. "Couldn't somebody be using the internet for something else BESIDES porn?" Well apparently you know very little about the internet.
Well honestly, the point of the censors is to make sure you aren't distracted from your work. Honestly if I could have been on facebook or whatever every time I used a school computer I would have. At least Pali doesn't have a cellphone jammer like some schools do.
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