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Creeping Incrementalism
In an e-mail sent to employees last Friday afternoon, the TSA’s Office of Information Technology announced that as of July 1, staff computers would no longer be able to connect to sites in five broad categories the agency deemed “inappropriate for government access.”
The five categories of sites blocked to TSA staff are:
Chat/messaging
Controversial opinion
Criminal activity
Gruesome content and extreme violence, including cartoon violence
Gaming
Buried in the middle of some perfectly reasonable restrictions for the gubbminteat workspaaace: “Controversial opinion”
Without explanation.
Possible Controversies to be Banned by TSA:
St Louis BBQ :: South Carolina BBQ.
Tastes Good :: Less Filling
Dessert Topping :: Floor Wax
Jack Reacher: Dead :: Escaped
Fat Smoking Baby: Freedom :: Stupidity
Body Scanner :: Behavioral Profiling
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