Forgive me if I'm not straight to the point....
For the last couple months, I've been deployed to Iraq. It's a great time, really....The only fighting I get to participate in is the daily fight against boredom. Which, I suppose, is a good thing, since any other fighting could result in death/injury to myself or my fellow servicemen. One of the ways I fight boredom is periodically dropping in on my favorite web forums, such as this one. In the last couple days however, I've experienced a problem doing so from the MWR computers provided for service personnel to use. It is now coming up as blocked "Your organization's internet use policy restricts access to this web page at this time. Reason: The Websense category 'weapons' is filtered."
This same page is displayed when I try and go to another forum, the Second Amendment Society. I just thought you all might get a kick out of the fact that my access to a gun site is restricted while I'm over here "defending freedom." Does anybody have an explanation why the DoD, or its contractor would feel the need to limit access to info on weapons. It's not like we don't have an abundant supply of weaponry and knowledge at our disposal. Could it be somehow tied to Ft Hood?
By the way, I'm posting this using the slower than dialup internet connection available for purchase in my "can" (the living arrangement where I am). Thankfully, the 'net in my can isn't regulated.
regards,
devil
For the last couple months, I've been deployed to Iraq. It's a great time, really....The only fighting I get to participate in is the daily fight against boredom. Which, I suppose, is a good thing, since any other fighting could result in death/injury to myself or my fellow servicemen. One of the ways I fight boredom is periodically dropping in on my favorite web forums, such as this one. In the last couple days however, I've experienced a problem doing so from the MWR computers provided for service personnel to use. It is now coming up as blocked "Your organization's internet use policy restricts access to this web page at this time. Reason: The Websense category 'weapons' is filtered."
This same page is displayed when I try and go to another forum, the Second Amendment Society. I just thought you all might get a kick out of the fact that my access to a gun site is restricted while I'm over here "defending freedom." Does anybody have an explanation why the DoD, or its contractor would feel the need to limit access to info on weapons. It's not like we don't have an abundant supply of weaponry and knowledge at our disposal. Could it be somehow tied to Ft Hood?
By the way, I'm posting this using the slower than dialup internet connection available for purchase in my "can" (the living arrangement where I am). Thankfully, the 'net in my can isn't regulated.
regards,
devil
