I recently dicovered all of the web sites I host are blocked by
SurfWatch.
What is blocked:
- The Political Writings of George Orwell (ironic that they
choose to censor someone who dedicated his life to speaking
the truth and writing against the dangers of censorship).
- An interviewing I conducted with a homeless person in
Mountain View.
- A list of things I eat for dinner (it is true that I
misspelled potato the same way as Dan Quayle, and perhaps
they are concerned I could also permanently damage the minds
of young children).
- Resources for shy people (which a lot of high school and
college students that don't have SurfWatch make use of and
find helpful).
- A web site devoted to the music of Jonathan Richman (known
for his song "I'm a little airplane" that appears on Sesame
Street, and his appearances on Space Ghost Coast to Coast).
- And a lot of other useful material I try to make available
to the net.
What to do:
- Please oppose over-broad attempts at net censorship.
- Please boycott the use of SurfWatch products.
- If you have purchased SurfWatch products in the past please
return them to the place of purchase and seek a refund.
- Please oppose the use of SurfWatch in schools, libraries,
homes, and offices.
Please see:
http://www.base.com/gordoni/thoughts/surfwatch.html
for further details.
thanks,
gordoni