The Lady Hooligan’s Page

I’m abusing my internet privileges today. Not because I make a rule of it, but because I needed to get into gmail this morning (to confirm a medico-legal appointment!) and a filter was installed over the weekend, blocking access to that “inappropriate” site. There’s nothing that pisses me off more than things like that happening, especially since – if the bosses really knew – there are more “inappropriate” pictures and notes on THIS blog than in my gmail inbox, albeit private and password protected.

On principle, I am dead against any form of censorship. Yes, I do agree that there are supposed to be rules at work regarding porn and downloading online stuff, but those are rules that one agrees to and signs for, in the full knowledge that those websites are not to be visited from a work PC. It doesn’t mean they are blocked – just that I don’t go there from work! What gets my goat is the BLOCKING of “inappropriate” sites, even if I need to go there for work purposes!

What the powers-that-be don’t realise (or maybe they’re counting on the average municipal worker not knowing about it!) is that there are other ways and means of getting to gmail, which do not involve typing in the url directly. So… I shall still be able to see and reply to my incoming mail! So much for control…

Ps.  It’s the 11th of May, a week since I’ve written the original post.  And - lo and behold - the connection to gmail has been restored.  Now, I can only speculate why…