My high school has Ron Paul content blocked

[No Free Beer]

Buy a Ron Paul shirt.

Wear it to school.

Walk up to your Principal.

Say: An idea whose time has come cannot by stopped by any administrator or any educator!

Natriot 1 - School 0.

 

[tommy949]

Or carry a ron paul sign everywhere during school and see if they confiscate it and if they do, say: You are in big trouble, you just violated the 4th amendment, got a warrant for your search!

 

[RonRules]

What bothers me about the Ron Paul blocking is that your school probably uses a common "net-nanny" type of program that ALL schools use. can you find out anything about the name and version number? It is important that the makers of this software be contacted EN MASSE to get that changed.

 

[BlackTerrel]

What bothers me about the Ron Paul blocking is that your school probably uses a common "net-nanny" type of program that ALL schools use. can you find out anything about the name and version number? It is important that the makers of this software be contacted EN MASSE to get that changed.

I would be extremely surprised if there is a specific software that blocks mention of Ron Paul. In fact I'll give a thousand dollars to anyone who finds a software that blocks Ron Paul and sells that software to public schools.

 

[tangent4ronpaul]

You're not authorized to tell me what to do, BITCH!

Good attitude!
+rep

-t

 

[KEEF]

I would be extremely surprised if there is a specific software that blocks mention of Ron Paul. In fact I'll give a thousand dollars to anyone who finds a software that blocks Ron Paul and sells that software to public schools.

The software, from my understandings, just catches key words and then blocks them and/or specific sites that were keyed out by school admin. were blocked.

 

[RonRules]

The software, from my understandings, just catches key words and then blocks them and/or specific sites that were keyed out by school admin. were blocked.

This type of software certainly comes with a standard default list, which gets updated probably daily, much like a virus definition file. The reason is that there are many thousand porn and other wise websites that schools want to avoid. You can't expect the school administrators to keep that list up to date, so it's probably done by the software company.

It is likely that on top of the standard default list that the school administrators can add supplementary key words. What I'd like to know is if the name "Ron Paul" was added locally or if it's in there by default.

Here's Net Nanny
http://www.netnanny.com/features

 

[BlackTerrel]

This type of software certainly comes with a standard default list, which gets updated probably daily, much like a virus definition file. The reason is that there are many thousand porn and other wise websites that schools want to avoid. You can't expect the school administrators to keep that list up to date, so it's probably done by the software company.

It is likely that on top of the standard default list that the school administrators can add supplementary key words. What I'd like to know is if the name "Ron Paul" was added locally or if it's in there by default.

Here's Net Nanny
http://www.netnanny.com/features

I'm skeptical that a school administrator even put that in. I think the OP is likely exaggerating though it is possible he is not.

What I am damn certain on is that no legit company that is selling this software to schools is specifically excluding Ron Paul. These companies exist to make money. If this was out there you really think this is the first we would have heard of it.

 

[tangent4ronpaul]

What bothers me about the Ron Paul blocking is that your school probably uses a common "net-nanny" type of program that ALL schools use. can you find out anything about the name and version number? It is important that the makers of this software be contacted EN MASSE to get that changed.

An interesting observation. i've seen instructions on bypassing net-nanny and other censorship software. Saying you will distribute that along w/ Rant might go somewhere - just don't tell them about spefic exploits...

-t

 

[abruzz0]

Blocking Ron Paul material is far more of a concern to the school than blocking porn, cuz if you watch Ron Paul, you might actually *gasp* learn "subversive" material and thus not agree with everything they "teach" you in these Federally controlled paramilitary social-engineering death squad camp reeducation centers.

 

[tommy949]

Blocking Ron Paul material is far more of a concern to the school than blocking porn, cuz if you watch Ron Paul, you might actually *gasp* learn "subversive" material and thus not agree with everything they "teach" you in these Federally controlled paramilitary social-engineering death squad camp reeducation centers.

Damn, I know right

 

[CaptainAmerica]

 

[Carehn]

Why don't you just go into your principals office like a man and tell him you don't have time for his reindeer games and if he insists on sqandering your tax money you will take them to court of law.

BS just pretend like your 45 and you don't give a god damn what those citydiots think. Tell them to unlock the dam internet your paying for

 

[abruzz0]

I remember my high school having infowars.com blocked. This was like 8 or 9 years ago, too.

 

[SpicyTurkey]

Go to your principal, and word rape his ass.

 

[Tinnuhana]

Another consideration: if the staff is spending too much time there, admin might block it in the interest of keeping teachers on task during their extra time.
As far as nannyware, we knew there was a problem with some since they blocked things like Dick Nixon.
We couldn't use FaceBook here until the big tsunami. Since then, they let us use it so family and friends in the states could find out if we were alright without frying the phone lines to Japan and such.

 

[jdcole]

I work in network engineering/network security/satellite communications.

Chances are it's a hardware firewall that is blocking whatever it is you are looking for. Sometimes they can be dynamic blocks (aka blocking streaming content but not static web content), and sometimes they are straight-up URL blocks.

I'm not on the bandwagon of "complain to the school board" etc. You did the right thing by bringing it up to the administrators themselves - they are the ones who have the best ability to check whether what you are trying to reach is legitimate content or BS.

On top of that - yes, they do need content filters in public schools. Students are at school to learn. An unfiltered connection leads to more problems than not - unauthorized access to pornography, illegal file sharing (yes, it is a problem in this setting. No, I will not argue this point), and non-school related usage (online games, chat rooms, etc). If allowed, students would abuse the privilege and not be off of the computers. I Students are at school for a single purpose - to get an education. Any other benefit or goal is secondary to that. Play games, download warez, stream media, and hang out on social networks at home.

 

[alucard13mmfmj]

ah school... the place where we get indoctrinated to be good little working members of society.

it seems interesting that they block Ron Paul... like it was equivalent to porno. what next? block thomas jefferson? block constitution? lolzzz. protecting young minds from radical ideas?!

 

[thoughtomator]

Students are at school for a single purpose - to get an education.

You must be new here.

 

[papitosabe]

GO UP TO THE SCHOOLBOARD, GET A BUNCH OF RON PAUL SUPPORTERS AND GO SHUT THEM DOWN!!! FORCE THEM TO LET YOU USE IT USING WHATEVER IS NECESSARY

hell yea!!

good job talking to the principal and standing up to this bullshit.... I never in a million years would have done that.. We all drank the Koolaid back then.... Glad the younger generation is nothing like mine... He'll, even when in college in the 90's no one stood up as much as this generation... Props to you guys....