Comments on: Big Brother – Just Imagine

By: Grandad

Grandad — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:29:17 +0000

Brian – I was actually aware of that and I was aware that you could bypass it. What concerned me was that if Imagine defaulted to having the filter on, then what criteria did they use to ban sites?

You should know Brianf by now. He is STRANGE.

By: Brian Damage

Brian Damage — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:52:44 +0000

I’m going to weigh in here. I was the one who originally received the message when I switched my broadband provider.

Now I’d like to point out that Imagine have provided a child protection setting on the offchance that I’d have any sprogs using my internet. As it happens, I don’t, so for me it was an inconvenience more than anything else. I assume that Imagine tag certain phrases or videos or whatever as being unacceptable.

And perhaps it’s the LSD kicking in, but did Brian say he enjoys being labelled a hate-monger?

By: Bock the Robber

Bock the Robber — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:01:44 +0000

Granny: That was the time when Seán Ó Faoláin called himself the Leader of the Banned.

@Brian, HateMonger, is it? I knew you were an evil Bush-apologist but I didn’t realise you’d taken the next step. Well done, man. Well done.

By: Baino

Baino — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:55:22 +0000

Sorry my lack of technical knowledge is showing . .I meant ISP Internet Service Provider not IP Internet Protocol (was recently corrected by a 21 year old Cawww)

By: Granny

Granny — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:39:38 +0000

Sadly to say, I’m ancient enough to remember censorship in fiction. Books from Brindsley McNamara, John McGahern and Edna O’Brien were unavailable in Ireland. My brother (a priest) gave me ‘The Valley of the Squinting Windows’ by Brindsley McNamara, and The Dark. I had just turned sixteen and was amazed that he would discuss such diverse issues related to the books. It was all about having a choice, he told me.
Ireland and the world has changed, and with it the outlets we enjoy now through the Internet.
We must decide for ourselves what links we visit.
Censorship is not an option for the mature educated mind.

By: Grandad

Grandad — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:32:39 +0000

First of all – and apology… I linked to the wrong video. I have since amended this.

I would like to contact Imagine to get their response, but am not a client of theirs, so they would probably just tell me to feck off.

If they did block the site, then it is a grave breach of their resoponsibilities as a service provider. They are there to provide the service and not block it according to their own sense of morality.

If, as Baino suggests, another customer blocked the site, and on reallocation of the IP, the blocking was transferred then it is an extremely shoddy way of doing business.

By: englishmum

englishmum — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:14:10 +0000

Sheesh. It’s a chilling video though. I think it’s something every one of us should see. Thanks.

By: BrianfThe HateMonger

BrianfThe HateMonger — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:16:00 +0000

You know for the longest time AOL filtered what their clients could and could not see on the interwebicals. There are countries that filter content as well. China, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iran and even Germany disallow content they don’t like.
Unforunately the film I linked to has been taken down by You Tube so I guess they filter content also. If anyone has a copy of the English version of ‘Fitna’ would you please send it to me so I can post it from MY SERVER .
By the way, I am enjoying being labeled as a Hate Monger.
Now I’ve got to figure out some kind of Hate Monger sign to put on my sites sidebar.

By: Baino

Baino — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:12:33 +0000

The filter concerned was automatically provided (and pre-set), to another blogger when they changed IP providers. Whilst it’s a gross invasion of privacy and stymies the free speech that we love so much on the internet. It can be moderated by the user. It is indeed a worry that these perameters can be set by an IP rather than the user of the IP itself. I’d be changing providers in a heartbeat.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:51:05 +0000

WTH…who gives someone the right to decide what I will read???? Grandad…who do I contact to tell them just how I feel about this? Unacceptable to treat any of us like we are 2 years old! Makes me want to read it even more, silly asshats!