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Title: Berea College Sucks: They blocked my porno!
Post by: Bloodwake on April 18, 2008, 11:35:12 AM: So yeah, my college decided it was going to block parts of the internet (mainly porno sites) yesterday without informing the student body. It's not just porno either. People have been trying to buy bras and underwear off of the internet only to find the sites blocked on-campus. There's also a block against "homosexual" content, which I find to be highly discriminatory.

It might be time for me to transfer out of this hellhole if this is what's going to happen to my internet access. Plus, the block makes the internet lag really bad, just in fucking time for the MGO Beta

FUCK YOU BEREA COLLEGE

P.S.: Yes, I already got past the block in like under two seconds. The fact it's blocked in the first place still pisses me off and the unnecessary lag pisses me off even more.
Title: Re: Berea College Sucks: They blocked my porno!
Post by: Don Flamenco on April 18, 2008, 11:37:01 AM: They can't just block ALL the porno on the internet, can they?
Title: Re: Berea College Sucks: They blocked my porno!
Post by: Rman on April 18, 2008, 11:47:58 AM: Is it a Christian School? Berea is a biblical reference, a town in the Roman Empire in which the early gospel was preached. I hate censoring at all levels.
Title: Re: Berea College Sucks: They blocked my porno!
Post by: T234 on April 18, 2008, 12:33:16 PM: :lol
YOU SHOULD TRAVEL TO THE NORTH WHERE THE PORNO FLOWS JUST AS WELL AS THE ALCOHOL AND THE WEED
:I-75cry:
Title: Re: Berea College Sucks: They blocked my porno!
Post by: Bloodwake on April 18, 2008, 12:39:51 PM: Quote from: Rman on April 18, 2008, 11:47:58 AM
Is it a Christian School? Berea is a biblical reference, a town in the Roman Empire in which the early gospel was preached. I hate censoring at all levels.

This takes some explanation.

Berea started out as a Christian school and still considers itself to be one. However, the school has liberal roots. It was the first college in Kentucky and one of the first in the world to teach to both white and black students. This was in 1855, pre-Civil War. Throughout the years this has changed and their focus has shifted back and forth between Appalachian poor kids and black kids. Basically, it's a college mainly for low income students because everyone here has a full tuition scholarship in some degree.

However, Berea is also known for being a town with a lot of marijuana use among its students. While there is a conservative presence here, evolution science is defended, homosexuality is permitted and openly encouraged, and most of the professors and staff are liberal minded. Most who have Christian beliefs are similar to me: they respect Jesus for who he was and realize that mainstream Christianity has fucked over his original message greatly. The required Christianity course the college has basically explains that rather than what most required Christianity courses are at other colleges.

The thing is, the trustees come from several different backgrounds to begin with. They were the ones who made the decision to block the internet access. Basically, the trustees board is far removed from the student body as you can get, and like most old fuckers, they believe what they are doing is "right and Christian and the best for the kids." This philosophy is flawed, like a lot of other bullshit Berea has going on. We aren't kids. We are fucking adults. College is about becoming an adult, and honestly Berea does a poor job of doing that. Many people graduate from here with degrees and move into an apartment in Berea itself to get a fucking fast food job. No one really learns how to grow up here. I've seen a lot of people get fucked over.

Berea also doesn't allow the majority of the student body to have a car, requires all students have only the one job they are assigned at the college and doesn't allow them to have an outside job, and has a limited range of visitation (no guys in girls dorms after a certain time, vice versa, etc.) They explain all this as "keeping kids at the college where they belong, rather than having them run home to mommy and daddy all the time." No. That's not it, Berea. That's bullshit. It's your fucking "parent" complex trying to teach us a weird mix of mainstream Christian values and radical liberal political opinion.

But yeah, Berea's a Christian college only in the obscure weird ass bullshit rules sense. They still believe in recycling and sustainability and equal rights for all. It's just some aspects of the college are still in the 18th century.
Title: Re: Berea College Sucks: They blocked my porno!
Post by: Bloodwake on April 18, 2008, 12:40:44 PM: Quote from: T234 on April 18, 2008, 12:33:16 PM
:lol
YOU SHOULD TRAVEL TO THE NORTH WHERE THE PORNO FLOWS JUST AS WELL AS THE ALCOHOL AND THE WEED
:I-75cry:

Well, the thing is, I have 420 plans already this weekend, but maybe another weekend.

:bow 420 :bow2
Title: Re: Berea College Sucks: They blocked my porno!
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on April 18, 2008, 12:49:31 PM: LOL Owned
Title: Re: Berea College Sucks: They blocked my porno!
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on April 18, 2008, 12:51:28 PM: Doesn't it suck when other people think they know whats best for you?
Title: Re: Berea College Sucks: They blocked my porno!
Post by: Bloodwake on April 18, 2008, 01:20:34 PM: Quote from: FlameOfCallandor on April 18, 2008, 12:51:28 PM
Doesn't it suck when other people think they know whats best for you?

Pretty much.

I'm not the only one that's pissed at this school though. There might be a protest in front of the IS&S (computer services) building.
Title: Re: Berea College Sucks: They blocked my porno!
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on April 18, 2008, 01:31:26 PM: ...
Title: Re: Berea College Sucks: They blocked my porno!
Post by: Mupepe on April 18, 2008, 01:35:59 PM: "homosexuality is permitted and openly encouraged"

:lol

"It's alright buddy, just fuck Dave in the ass!"
Title: Re: Berea College Sucks: They blocked my porno!
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on April 18, 2008, 01:41:08 PM: Quote from: Mupepe on April 18, 2008, 01:35:59 PM
"homosexuality is permitted and openly encouraged"

:lol

"It's alright buddy, just fuck Dave in the ass!"
:lol :lol :lol

"But I don't wanna"

"JUST DO IT BEFORE WE MAKE YOU"
Title: Re: Berea College Sucks: They blocked my porno!
Post by: Laramie on April 18, 2008, 02:48:42 PM: Two words: Sears Catalog. I think they're free and there's always 100 pages of bras.

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They also show thongs for preggo women, if you're into that sort of thing.
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Title: Re: Berea College Sucks: They blocked my porno!
Post by: Van Cruncheon on April 18, 2008, 02:57:06 PM: Quote from: FlameOfCallandor on April 18, 2008, 12:51:28 PM
Doesn't it suck when other people think they know whats best for you?

especially when they think the free market and the gold standard are what's best for you!
Title: Re: Berea College Sucks: They blocked my porno!
Post by: Mupepe on April 18, 2008, 03:00:59 PM: hey, prole, suck my balls!

:bow FFT :bow2
Title: Re: Berea College Sucks: They blocked my porno!
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on April 18, 2008, 03:01:20 PM: Quote from: Professor Prole on April 18, 2008, 02:57:06 PM
especially when they think the free market and the gold standard are what's best for you!

Oh yes, completely voluntary exchange of goods for mutual benefit is terrible, TERRIBLE!!!!
Title: Re: Berea College Sucks: They blocked my porno!
Post by: Tauntaun on April 18, 2008, 03:49:04 PM: Here ya go:

NSFW:
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(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k36/SlinkyT82/jgrls.jpg)
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NSFW:
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Title: Re: Berea College Sucks: They blocked my porno!
Post by: Van Cruncheon on April 18, 2008, 03:58:20 PM: Quote from: FlameOfCallandor on April 18, 2008, 03:01:20 PM
Quote from: Professor Prole on April 18, 2008, 02:57:06 PM
especially when they think the free market and the gold standard are what's best for you!

Oh yes, completely voluntary exchange of goods for mutual benefit is terrible, TERRIBLE!!!!

Oh yes, the mandatory worship of our Lord Jesus Christ is terrible, TERRIBLE!!!!
Title: Re: Berea College Sucks: They blocked my porno!
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on April 18, 2008, 04:08:01 PM: Quote from: Professor Prole on April 18, 2008, 03:58:20 PM

Oh yes, the mandatory worship of our Lord Jesus Christ is terrible, TERRIBLE!!!!

Who is making you worship jesus? And wtf does that even have to do with capitalism?
Title: Re: Berea College Sucks: They blocked my porno!
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on April 18, 2008, 04:11:34 PM: Quote from: Genghis Cohen on April 18, 2008, 03:53:17 PM
Wait, are we applying libertarian principles to a privately funded institution? Doesn't that not mix at all?

All I said was that it sucks when other people think they know whats best for you. Prole barged in here and posted some kind of anti capitalist thing.

Is there anyone here that loves it when other people tell you whats best for you without your consent?
Title: Re: Berea College Sucks: They blocked my porno!
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on April 18, 2008, 04:13:49 PM: Quote from: Genghis Cohen on April 18, 2008, 04:12:51 PM

The point is FoC they have his consent already this shouldn't be a problem for you.

Then why did he make this thread?
Title: Re: Berea College Sucks: They blocked my porno!
Post by: Tauntaun on April 18, 2008, 04:13:53 PM: FoC THIS is why I didn't post that thread about paulville, you gotta calm down nicca. :duh
Title: Re: Berea College Sucks: They blocked my porno!
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on April 18, 2008, 04:16:26 PM: You might be right, somewhere in the contract to attend in college or live on campus he might have signed something giving them control of the internet. And then he has very little recourse other than to petition them to change it.

I was only pointing out the fact that it sucks when other people think they know whats best for you. Something Im sure we can all agree on.
Title: Re: Berea College Sucks: They blocked my porno!
Post by: demi on April 18, 2008, 04:47:26 PM: I love being told what to do. It is part of my nature. Dominate me. Sit on my face if you have to.
Title: Re: Berea College Sucks: They blocked my porno!
Post by: Mupepe on April 18, 2008, 04:49:19 PM: Quote from: demi on April 18, 2008, 04:47:26 PM
I love being told what to do. It is part of my nature. Dominate me. Sit on my face if you have to.
shut the fuck up and suck my cock
Title: Re: Berea College Sucks: They blocked my porno!
Post by: Powerslave on April 18, 2008, 04:53:03 PM: I tried sucking your cock once, but I couldn't find it under all those layers of belly-fat, remember?
Title: Re: Berea College Sucks: They blocked my porno!
Post by: Mupepe on April 18, 2008, 05:03:57 PM: so instead you just rimmed me
Title: Re: Berea College Sucks: They blocked my porno!
Post by: Bloodwake on April 18, 2008, 05:08:49 PM: Well, we are already looking in on the details.

They said they can block anything that can be hazardous to the network in the network policy I was supposed to sign....

BUT

The student handbook has a clause where the college basically says they won't censor anything due to student rights.

I doubt it will last for long. Like I said, it's the old ass trustees that are doing it. The old ass trustees don't know about the human sexuality class where they basically look up porn for class. They also don't know about the large gay population (including professors) that won't stand for any discrimination at all, especially since a lot of the people going to the college went to Berea because they are gay-friendly. That's a big deal in Kentucky because the University of the Cumberlands (less than thirty miles away from my hometown :() kicked out someone for being gay in order to prove their allegiance to the Kentucky Baptist Association.

Enough people are pissed about it (including professors) that it will probably be gone by next week.
Title: Re: Berea College Sucks: They blocked my porno!
Post by: Powerslave on April 18, 2008, 05:32:57 PM: Quote from: Mupepe on April 18, 2008, 05:03:57 PM
so instead you just rimmed me

never happened
Title: Re: Berea College Sucks: They blocked my porno!
Post by: Mupepe on April 18, 2008, 05:41:25 PM: yes it did
Title: Re: Berea College Sucks: They blocked my porno!
Post by: Van Cruncheon on April 18, 2008, 06:39:42 PM: Quote from: FlameOfCallandor on April 18, 2008, 04:08:01 PM
Quote from: Professor Prole on April 18, 2008, 03:58:20 PM

Oh yes, the mandatory worship of our Lord Jesus Christ is terrible, TERRIBLE!!!!

Who is making you worship jesus? And wtf does that even have to do with capitalism?

the point is, dipshit, is that i see no difference between you telling me to embrace the free market and capitalism, and some kook yelling at me to embrace jesus as my savior

you BOTH think you know what's best for others