Feedback On A Trip To Europe... Slovenia Good / Paris Bad

Vaporstang

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I traveled to Slovenia and Paris for a about five days each. While in Slovenia I had no issues cruising BF when connected to WiFi. I did not spend a lot of time online as I was involved with the family, just some quick checks, mainly on the exchange :D (I'm sure you all understand.) However, when I was in Paris, it was blocking me from accessing BF, the CRK website, and a vendor (EdgedS......). I cannot remember the warning (something about "Fortified"???), but it was to the effect that BF was a weapons site. UNBELIEVABLE!!! I was shocked and dismayed to say the least.

This happened on several different WiFi sources in Paris, so I am thinking this is a restriction France imposes. This happened on the BF site a couple of times and it never did allow me to access BR. I accidentally hit the CRK bookmark instead of the BF bookmark once and got the same results. So I experimented with the E.....S... site and got the same result. Again, unbelievable.

Maybe I don't appreciate my Freedom of Speech (1st Amendment) and the Right to Bear Arms (2nd Amendment) enough. This was a wake up call for me. I'm not a gun nut by any means, and I don't consider my knives weapons (well maybe the Pacific). Anyway, I am out of line? Are the French too close to terrorist threats that this is necessary? Or too close the European wars of the past?

Notes: This is not meant to be a political post, I was just caught off guard by this restriction in France. Also, this was all via WiFi on my smartphone.
 
US libraries? I thought they were kind of anti-censorship. Maybe it's a liability thing. This happened at a hotel and one or two cafes in Paris
 
Don't freak out too badly, as Bludgeon indicated it happens all the time in a myriad of places. Restaurants, hospitals, libraries, and other businesses have that. It's always a good idea to read the splash page, that is where the IT folks write the ToS regarding their WiFi. I guess they don't want anyone being able to do searches on weapons or other things, who knows. When my son was born last year, I tried posting on BF that night and had to use cellular as the hospital WiFi was blocking the forums.
 
Well you were using someone elses' WiFi, so I suppose they can install whatever security/privacy/blocking software they choose. Just like a dress code or "no weapons" sign at a private business. ;)

Unfortunately knives=weapons for too many people.
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That should be no surprise considering the marketing and design trends among certain segments of the knife market.
 
weirdly at my workplace "weapon" sites and porn and booze etc sites are blocked, yet bladeforums still gets through?
 
Thanks for the information. I guess I over reacted LOL. It just caught me off guard. My workplace restricts some sites, but not BF. CRk, etc. I think I've even looked up info on guns (ahem...during lunch of course) at work.
 
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