Saturday, August 30, 2008

Can we say "presumptuous?"

Article in Question

Okay, I get it. You don't want to see some guy wankin' it to his freely accessible pr0n while you're trying to enjoy some insipid in-flight movie. Solution? Block all access to the internet. Wait... no... that's not a solution. That's you being presumptuous. That's you assuming that there are people all over who are willing to get made fun of for being too impatient to wait for the security of their hotel room for some self-lovin'.

But that's not the real issue. The real issue is that, while it's understandable that rules should be in place to prevent that kind of situation, the measures that are being asked for are not. It is not reasonable to restrict internet access when the technology has not advanced enough to block out only the kind of information they want to restrict. What they're asking wouldn't just block out porn, it would block out all kinds of legitimate non-pornographic websites. For instance, those kinds of filters usually block access to gay and lesbian websites. While I'm sure they'd love that and would have all sorts of comebacks as to why it would be perfectly legitimate to block out such perversions, average Janes like myself would not be so happy about that. Until it's conceivable to block out pornographic websites specifically, you're just gonna have to settle for punching the oversexed pervtard in the back of the head or being "nice" and asking the flight attendant to do it for you.