Damn the US Army and Websense!

Alynn · Wed 22/09/2004 08:56:00

It is a conspiricy I tell you!

3 days ago I go to come to the forum.... and the big Websense banner pops up and says the cataglory
"Games" is not allowed...

Sure they could have filtered out the download page... but to kill the forums off from me as well!!! The horror (In case you wonder why I am here now, once a week we work the internet cafe which doesn't have it blocked)...

the army is trying to suck the life out of me! But anyway....

I'm not around for that reason... and I had so many wonderful things to show you (like the unveiling of my new logo) but that will wait for next time...

MrColossal · Wed 22/09/2004 09:03:44

do you have a service for requesting your over seas ballot?

Apparently soldiers are being blocked from being able to request the ballot in, what some believe, is a measure to suppress the vote. Check it out and then raise hell if so.

Privateer Puddin' · Wed 22/09/2004 09:10:02

my college also has websense, get past it with babelfish translation..

Alynn · Wed 22/09/2004 09:10:50

Ah, that doesn't apply to me... as I am a non-voter...

The way I look at it... either way I'm screwed... I love hearing people say Republicans love to go to war, Democrats don't raise the military pay much (and in my experience its true), but I've been deployed to a war zone with both a republican, and a democrat in office (Clinton and Dubya)... I've seen a high (9%) payraise with a democrat and a 7% with a republican.... so it really doesn't matter.... in less than 90 days... I'll be home....

So yeah... I don't vote... because in the end... I'm screwed...

* Alynn resumes the position of grabbing his ankles.

MrColossal · Wed 22/09/2004 09:46:57

and the only reason to vote is for your own needs and wants?

but you're in the Army, man!

Alynn · Wed 22/09/2004 11:44:21

Ok lets not let this turn into a whole... its your duty as a.... blah blah... patriotism.... for the future.... blah blah you must vote thread...

This is about the evils of websense

DGMacphee · Wed 22/09/2004 12:02:23

I doubt you'll be able to read this because of Websense, but Maddox recently did an article about it: http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=websense

shbaz · Thu 23/09/2004 01:39:36

Why in hell would the Army need to be protected by Websense? From games?!

Isn't the internet there so that you can relax a bit, e-mail friends and family, etc?

Write your congressman, before websense blocks e-mail and everything else that isn't the websense website. Also, if you use any proxy you should be able to get past it. An anonymizer, for example.

YOke · Thu 23/09/2004 13:15:41

Quote from: shbazjinkens on Thu 23/09/2004 01:39:36
Why in hell would the Army need to be protected by Websense? From games?!

Haven't you seen WarGames? :o
Gamers face the risk of accidentally blowing up the world on a daily basis.