Firewall vs. the Atheist
I can’t help but post this. Hemant Mehta, the “friendly Atheist” my last post refers to, posted a follow-up to his Harding visit. While he was surfing the internet at his Harding hotel room, he found it somewhat difficult to explore the sites if usually explores. This is an excerpt from his blog post (pay particular attention to the last comment):
In my on-campus hotel room last night, I realized that there was a filter blocking out certain websites… one guilty pleasure of mine is to read the Missed Connections section on Craigslist.
It was blocked.
Apparently, that’s a “dating/social” section of the site and is therefore not allowed. I wondered if that was the case everywhere on CL…
What about Rants and Raves? Blocked. Same reason.
Men seeking women? Blocked.
Men seeking men? Really blocked.
Casual Encounters? Surprisingly *not* blocked… (though as I write this, that has been changed. They must know I tried to click on it!)
I wondered if other dating sites worked the same way…
Match.com? Blocked.
Jdate.com? Blocked.
My beloved Shaadi.com? Blocked.
Sean Hannity’s conservative dating site, Hannidate? Not blocked.
Hmm…
Welcome to Harding Hemant.
I thought the whole existance of Hannidate was a joke at first when I heard that it wasn’t blocked. Now it’s just another example of pure absurdity.
We do go to a conservative school.
Still, I think it’s probably a loophole that the right people haven’t noticed yet. At least, that’s what I hope…