In short, he is "doubtful it will ever be possible to solve this particular problem through code alone."
What happened? Basically the filters block URL with words like sex, porn, Great tits, clbuttic idiocy ... "seven dirty words" This problem is known as The Scunthorpe Problem
Why do I post about this? I have suffered at the hands of URL filters at the university I was attending while doing some self studies on psychology and sociology on our basic needs. Masturbation 'cuts cancer risk'. How do you handle the stress of social isolation for being a social reject?
How do you go around it? There are several, like Tor, pasting the IP address directly (web based dns look up tools), Google Cache, Internet Archive, free online (bypass) proxy page aka browser-based anonymization services.
The human question: why was there a filter in the very first place (in a university)? The administrator thinks that stressful students should not look at porn but instead look for better stress relieve? This could save network infrastructure cost? Looking at porn increases crime rates (just like playing violent games increases the violence's nature of the person)? It is degrading to appreciate naked female bodies? It is disgusting to see the males lusty eyes? The students should conform and be more productive instead of looking at entertainments? Porn reduces birth rates? Porn tears apart couple hood and social fabric of societies? Porn aids criminal organization?
prostitution is one of the oldest profession. Are we controlling the negative aspects of porn? or are we controlling the women?
The negative impacts of Indonesian Pornography Act
Indonesian MPs pass anti-smut bill
"the anti-pornography legislation could be misused against Indonesia's minority Christian and Hindu communities and threatens the country's pluralistic culture."Indonesia Legislature Bans Racial Discrimination
Inside indo: How to be Chinese
South Korean court upholds ban on adultery
Adultery Law: A Necessary Evil?
An interesting map of societies with sodomy laws
"No pornography exploits women. It exploits men. It’s the men that are made to look stupid, silly and ridiculous, chasing after the golden elixir. Women look beautiful, do what they wanna do and get paid for it." -- Lydia Lunch
3 December 2008 bbc:Pupils can beat safe net filters
education, education to learn what is socially acceptable and what is not.
bbc: Australian firewall trials start
Britain, Sweden, Canada and New Zealand :voluntary and not government-mandated.
China, Iran and Saudi Arabia:widespread technological filtering or censorship regime.
our societies are becoming dark...
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