On matters of everyday living

I work in a school, in a country where supposedly we have freedom of speech and indeed freedom of expression. Why then is it that I cannot, at work, access a website that is deemed by the computer administration, controlled by Telecom none the less, to be in the category of religion and ideology. Freedom of speech? Freedom of expression? And yet our best and brightest hopes are banned from seeing things that promote thought and discussion during their years of education? Interesting how we can teach something as fact, referring to Darwin’s Theory of Evolution, when it is contentious to say the least and yet our youth cannot have the freedom to do research with out being subjected to censorship. By all means ban them from seeing objectionable material, porn and the like, at school but to stop them seeing something that can aid them in forming a valid opinion and therefore becoming educated members of society. Do we want clones who just spout the same information and ideas as their seniors or do we want people, men and women, who can innovate and provide ideas that progress our society as a whole? It fascinates me that we are a nation who are blindly taking up all this new fangled technology, of which I am a fan, and yet subtley we are being told what we can access and what is healthy for us to see and read. Microsoft introduced a very useful Phishing filter on its new web browser recently. But let me ask you this. Is Phishing a major threat and did Microsoft actually tell you that they judge the reliability of the sights by having you, without your knowledge, send a list of the sites you are visiting to them so they can see them. Do they keep a list of your browsing habits as a result of this? Interesting thoughts really…..