Friday, July 6, 2007

Esquire is Porn

I like reading Esquire magazine. I also like other kinds of magazines like Time, Newsweek, Maxim and also GQ. But among these my favorite is Esquire. The internet is a godsend for me because i don't need to buy any more off the rack in order to read these magazines, especially Esquire, which costs on the average 400 to 500 pesos per issue. Whereas online, it's free. although there are some articles that you can only access if you have gor a subscription, which I don't really need. At some point in the future, access to these articles will become free. People say that paper media will go the way of the dinosaurs. They will become extinct. I don't think so. There will always be people who want the feel of paper on their hands when they are reading. One advantage of paper media is that you can bring it anywhere, even the crapper. There is a difficulty in bringing electronic devices to the comfort room. With the introduction of the iphone, people may get the hang of it. I myself have gotten the hang of reading news items on my computer screen, although my eyes will say otherwise. Which brings me to my point. When I access www.esquire.com on the UP local area network, I cannot access it. Why? Because it is classified as porn! Amazing! I mean, who judges what is and what is not porn? Porn is even permissible speech. What is not permissible is obscenity. What is the reason for this? To save on the bandwidth allocation of UP? If one goes to the Esquire magazine, I bet you will not see any breasts there. However, on a more interesting note, I can access www.maximmag.co.uk Go figure.

2 comments:

criscabs said...

Totally agree. there is no reasonable classification for the restricted sites when using the UP local area network. Another example is the restricted classification of the friendster site (supposedly to keep employees focused)yet one can access myspace or sms.ac and a plethora of other "networking" sites. UP admin is always inconsistent, same as the STFAP bracketing!hehe

Angeli Vigo said...

I think even the Gender (Law 131) website is classified as a restricted site, because the word "sex" appears often.