Net Filtering
Actual "Letter to the Editor" published in the 11/14/04 London Times (located via 18minutegap.com):
Sir, It is not only children who need protecting from dubious internet sites (letter, October 15) — we adults could do with a little help, too.
A few months ago, I discovered that many online “school uniform suppliers” deal in more exotic apparel than grey woolly socks, and I had to resort to a restoratory gin. Searches for a particular mouthwash and various natural history topics led me down avenues best left unexplored and, in the interests of sobriety, I installed a safety filter.
For reasons sometimes beyond my comprehension it blocked, among others: ski resorts with snow and riding stables which mentioned horse; ironmongers selling pokers and horticultural sites offering advice on how to stake one’s beans; builders’ merchants selling paint stripper; the Bloody Assize; the Whore of Babylon and a host of academic sites. Twiddling with the thresholds did little to improve the situation, and I duly uninstalled the damned thing.
I now wish to purchase some jewellery components, but I fear I lack the robust constitution required to search for stud ear screws.
Yours faithfully,
PAT EGERTON,
58 Waterloo Road, Wokingham, Berkshire RG40 2JL.
November 13.
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