At 3:02 PM -0800 2/8/98, Igor Chudov @ home wrote:

In rec.guns, Dan <ywq@wco.com> wrote: * I guess I should not be surprised but blocking software Cyber Patrol apparently * blocks rec.guns and rec.hunting because we are militant extremists, advocate * violence and swear. The whole story starts at: * http://www.spectacle.org/cwp/index.html * You have to keep going until you get to newsgroups.

Examples of HUNDREDS of blocked newsgroups:

rec.games.mecha Giant robot games. (Moderated) Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol news.groups Discussions and lists of newsgroups. Intol news.groups.questions Where can I find talk about topic X? Intol rec.guns Discussions about firearms. (Moderated) Militant/Extreme Violence/Profanity

Interestingly, rec.guns is moderated (not that I like that), and there is virtually no profanity or discussion of anything remotely of a sexual nature. The discussion is on-topic, about revolvers, rifles, ammunition, target shooting, defense methods, etc. That the "cyber nannies" are blocking it (and other similarly nonsexual, nonprofane newsgroups) is exactly what was expected. These cyber nannies become tools for political correctness. Perhaps the strategy should be to post material to other newsgroups to get them blocked as well. (Though I expect the blocking is not being done using robots to monitor for illegal words, as rec.guns would not have been blocked this way. Rather, the cyber nannies are probably using their "PC judgment" to block groups they don't like. --Tim May Just Say No to "Big Brother Inside" ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, ComSec 3DES: 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^3,021,377 | black markets, collapse of governments.