UK train station bans ThinkProgress.
By on Aug 8th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
UK train station bans ThinkProgress.
St. Pancras International is not only “one of London’s best loved landmarks,” but one of the UK’s largest transportation hubs. But Prison Planet notes that the station has “implemented stringent filters that block users of their wi-fi service from accessing even mildly political websites.” Paul Joseph Watson reports that “milder left-leaning commentary websites like thinkprogress.org” and “every non-mainstream news website” are inaccessible.
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Okay… does that mean freepers and redstate are banned as well?
August 8th, 2008 at 1:07 pmI am assuming this filter bans “mildly political websites” no matter whether they lean right or left.
But why? What are they afraid of? That people may have political opinions and might express them while waiting for a train connection?
August 8th, 2008 at 1:07 pmNo, don’t tell me. THEY hate us for our freedoms.
August 8th, 2008 at 1:07 pmDoes that include milder right leaning commentary websites are filtered too. Oh yeah, there is no such thing.
August 8th, 2008 at 1:08 pmSorry for stepping on your toes Ralph…..I’m a slow typist.
August 8th, 2008 at 1:11 pmEven Net Neutrality couldn’t stop this.
The wi-fi provider at the station has filtered the web.
“So?”
Use the web-phone, leave the laptop at home.
August 8th, 2008 at 1:12 pmWell done, TP. :)
August 8th, 2008 at 1:17 pmOh good! My very own troll mock-puppet is back!
Pay his head, everybody. He loves that. Scratch behind his ears.
But don’t feed him anything or you’ll never get rid of him.
August 8th, 2008 at 1:17 pmStop whining and pissing your pants, Ralph the Stupid Impersonator.
August 8th, 2008 at 1:18 pmSo? Just head over to St. Duodenum.
…or is that duo-denum?
August 8th, 2008 at 1:18 pmSorry, I meant to type “pat his head”.
If you try to “PAY his head” he’ll think you’re with the McCain campaign and try to hump your leg.
August 8th, 2008 at 1:18 pmReal Ralph, you must be having an effect on the piss-soaked trolls. :-)
August 8th, 2008 at 1:19 pmI feel like such a celebrity, Zoo. Next thing you now, Paris Hilton will make a satiric post mocking The Stupid One.
August 8th, 2008 at 1:21 pmOhhhh, may I have your autograph, Real Ralph!?
August 8th, 2008 at 1:25 pmCongrats on your new celebrity status, ralph.
Keep up the troll bashing. I’ll lend a hand when I can.
August 8th, 2008 at 1:27 pmShould be renamed St Pancreas………..
August 8th, 2008 at 1:30 pmI suspect that this occurs regularly throughout the world but only when China does it does the media get up in arms. The reason, however, is obvious: It is fine for the other guy that disagrees with me but it is bad when you do it to me. When I was a kid taking a geography/earth science course we were taught that the earth revolved about an axis through the polls. There seems to have been a quantum shift that would account for all the problems in the world. Now the earth revolves about a number of axes each of which enters some fools head and exits through his ass. Couple that phenomenon with the fact that people’s “I’s” are growing closer together with each generation it is a small wonder that everybody sees the world not as “us” but as “I” against everybody. Just as my Ex proclaimed, there are only three pronouns: “I,” “me,” and “mine.”
August 8th, 2008 at 1:33 pm‘ello, ‘ello, ‘ello! Wot ha’ we got here? Sum thumpin” fasci?
August 8th, 2008 at 1:34 pmWell, whaddya expect? There’s no Bill of Rights in the UK.
August 8th, 2008 at 1:34 pmNow there, my friends, is a Freudian slip of the first water. Please read “poles” instead of “polls.”
August 8th, 2008 at 1:34 pmIs this what TP is reduced to worrying about? “Free wifi” is just more radio energy waves going right through your body 24/7. Wonder what more and more people are getting cancers at very early ages? Could be all the chemicals we put into the air, land and sea and some of which end up in our bodies and mess up our cellular functioning? Humans are poisoning themselves and all of the other animals and plants on this earth.
August 8th, 2008 at 1:35 pmTracy_5 Says:
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Well you wouldn’t want all of the bums to congregate in those public transportation stations.
August 8th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
What is the percentage of bums that want or need or use wi-fi service , you stupid jackass ?
August 8th, 2008 at 1:35 pmReally, Tracy? This is the comment you want to go with?
I’ll tell you what; go get yourself a cup of coffee. lots of sugar. Then come back and give it another try.
August 8th, 2008 at 1:42 pmThat’s very odd. What harm could a little free thinking so? The IT guy must be a conservative.
August 8th, 2008 at 1:44 pmTracy_5 Says:
“Well you wouldn’t want all of the bums (republicans) to congregate in the mens public restroom of the transportation stations.”
there, i fixed it for you assclown
August 8th, 2008 at 1:45 pmWhat is the percentage of bums that want or need or use wi-fi service , you stupid jackass ?
Didn’t Newt want to give laptops to the homeless?
Wasn’t that one of his ‘big ideas?’
V.O.: “What do you have on your PowerBook?”
August 8th, 2008 at 1:46 pmHomeless Guy: “My Ass! ‘Cause it’s warm!”
Tracy_5 Says:
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Well you wouldn’t want all of the bums to congregate in those public transportation stations.
August 8th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Define “bums.” Then move on to Tracy_6.
August 8th, 2008 at 1:52 pmThat’s gonna happen here folks, it’s called the Chinese Internet…
August 8th, 2008 at 1:54 pmBanned in Britain, well done old chaps! :)
August 8th, 2008 at 1:54 pmTracy_5 Says:
“I don’t know, you tell me?…you should know.”
::::::shaking head in pity::::::::
August 8th, 2008 at 1:56 pmpoor little assclown, you really don’t have a leg to stand on, do you?
I don’t know, you tell me?…you should know.
Ahh, the classic ‘I know you are, but what am I?’ gambit… a bold move.
August 8th, 2008 at 1:56 pmDear oh dear, Tracy’s still stickin’ with the “bums” routine…
Y’know, they really ought to teach the trolls how to refill the paper in the fax machine, so that when the office assistant is out, they can still get their talking points.
Because obviously, when they try to wing it… it’s not pretty.
August 8th, 2008 at 1:57 pmRalph the Stupid Llama
Trajan — GFY, wannabe.
August 8th, 2008 at 1:57 pmbelac, I think our Trace is adding a little twist here… it’s kind of a “I know you are but what am I” crossed with a dash of “If you don’t know, I’m certainly not going to tell you”.
August 8th, 2008 at 1:59 pm““What is the percentage of bums that want or need or use wi-fi service , you stupid jackass ?””
psssstttt tracy, that was what intelligent people call a “rhetorical question”. you weren’t meant to answer it, jackass.
August 8th, 2008 at 2:00 pmTracy_5 Says:
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“Define “bums.” Then move on to Tracy_6.”
I think you can figure out who I am referring to. BTW don’t go crying to the TP police.
You’d make one shitty professor. What is a “bum”? The Nixon-hates-hippies definition? Or you could be referring to wingnut welfare, like every blathering idiot on talk radio — Laura Ingraham, et al.
August 8th, 2008 at 2:01 pmSo does this mean I won’t get my TP in London, or just at this one train station? Will they still have Daily Kos?
August 8th, 2008 at 2:01 pmbelac, I think our Trace is adding a little twist here… it’s kind of a “I know you are but what am I” crossed with a dash of “If you don’t know, I’m certainly not going to tell you”.
I agree, it’s the skill with which Tracy adapts and applies his three or four arguments to every situation- no matter how inappropriate- that keeps me coming back for more… Dance on Tracy, Dance on!
August 8th, 2008 at 2:02 pmRupert Murdoch must own that train station too.
¶ AIO
August 8th, 2008 at 2:03 pmYou don’t think it was a dumb question?
Again, bravo~ Bravo!
August 8th, 2008 at 2:03 pmMcWars Says:
““Define “bums.”
Where republicans such as tracy pull their talking points from; out of their bums.
August 8th, 2008 at 2:04 pmOh, I apologize, Tracy, you are on fire! This comment is a classic!
As belac says, Dance on, my friend!
August 8th, 2008 at 2:11 pmSt Augie;
no offense, but I think the saying you’re looking for is
Good show! Jolly good show!
August 8th, 2008 at 2:11 pm“——————————————————————————–
Tracy_5 Says:
psssstttt tracy, that was what intelligent people call a “rhetorical question”. you weren’t meant to answer it, jackass.”
But you, inparticular, should be able to answer it.
::::::head hung in shame:::::::
August 8th, 2008 at 2:19 pmand i thought i was making great progress in teaching tracy what a rhetorical question is.
Thanks, Trace. We’ll consider your non-biased opinion with the gravity it deserves.
August 8th, 2008 at 2:19 pmWell, Bozo, when you set out to teach a turtle to jump through a flaming hoop, you gotta expect it’s gonna take a while.
August 8th, 2008 at 2:20 pmUncle Ho
What! Jolly good, thank you. My mind is wrestling with Tracy’s ill logic. Oh well, at least its Friday and its five o’clock some where so I’m going to have a drink!
August 8th, 2008 at 2:27 pmWow, this tracy coward is pretty stupid, eh?
August 8th, 2008 at 2:42 pmSt Augie: have one for me too.
:-)
August 8th, 2008 at 2:44 pmTracy_5 Says:
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“What is the percentage of bums that want or need or use wi-fi service , you stupid jackass ?”
I don’t know, you tell me?…you should know.
August 8th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
How ?
I don’t know you or any of the other Chimpy ball mongers here…………..
August 8th, 2008 at 2:44 pmAnd what was the “factual information” you’re referring to?
The “fact” that you “can’t think of a left leaning blog that is more extreme”? Excellent.
August 8th, 2008 at 2:45 pmTracy, I say this as a friend… why not take the day off and give that head cold a chance to clear up? We don’t want to see you get pneumonia, buddy.
August 8th, 2008 at 2:57 pmtechsong Says
August 8th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
That’s very odd. What harm could a little free thinking so? The IT guy must be a conservative.
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Not necessarily — the IT guy could be a progressive who hates redstate and other wingnut sites, since they would be banned under the filter as well.
Oh wait. Nope — a progressive wouldn’t have a problem with free thinking. Even if it means rabid rightwing ideas. Censorship of thinking generally is the province of the right.
August 8th, 2008 at 3:04 pmTracy_5 Says:
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“How ?”
You know yourself don’t you?
August 8th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Not as well as you GOP losers know farm animals …………
August 8th, 2008 at 3:11 pmKeep the people ignorant… it is easyer for them to sell their propaganda. Just like they did with the illegal and obscene Iraq and Afegahnistan invazion and occupation. How many people know what the US has done in Latin America, in Nicaragua or in Panama? How many people know what the US has done to the people of Diego Garcia?
August 8th, 2008 at 3:21 pmAs are we. But you’re obviously not thinking clearly. Seriously. Take a nap, have some tea. We’ll be here when you’re feeling stronger.
August 8th, 2008 at 3:22 pmTracy_5 Says: stupid stuff all day long.
August 8th, 2008 at 3:48 pmTracy reminds me of Ralph on the simpsons. He will take any kind of abuse as long as the other kids allow him to hang around. To top it off, he thinks he is having fun.
August 8th, 2008 at 3:48 pmGirly man,
Todays wealth of McCain points has earned you a free drink from McNumbnut’s colostomy bag.
Enjoy.
August 8th, 2008 at 4:23 pmTracy_5 Says:
BTW wanna talk about abuse talk to Edwards wife and those who supported his BS presidential campaign.
There’s an adulterer running for president right now, Twacy. How come you never mention that? You know, the guy who dumped his injured and ill wife (who’d waited for him all the years he was a POW) for a younger, richer version.
How come you’re not all over that?
August 8th, 2008 at 4:35 pmTracy_5 Says:
Are you only able to get dates with extremely butch women named after men, or do you just put on a dress and hook up with boys?
August 8th, 2008 at 4:39 pmTracy_5 Says:
“How come you’re not all over that?”
We all already know about it. BTW we have a habitual liar in Obama, another presidential candidate, that has denied that he never heard any of Wright’s vile sermons in the 20+ years he attended his church.
Yawn. You’re boring me, boy. (Note the correct grammar.)
Time for your meds.
August 8th, 2008 at 4:47 pmYour boring me boy.
Sorry, I’m to wreckless and mean to “be your type”.
Besides, I don’t swing that way, girly boy.
August 8th, 2008 at 4:49 pmGirly man’s going big on McCain points!
He’s likely to earn a chance to give the stupid old coot a loving enema.
August 8th, 2008 at 4:50 pmYou find it boring that Obama is a habitual liar?
You haven’t, and will never, be able to prove that to anyone other than the knuckledraggin idiots you hang with, girly man.
August 8th, 2008 at 4:51 pmYour a Chihuahua!
Obviously, girly man-boy has never seen a pissed off Chihuahua.
He’d probably just try to stick his little dick in it anyway…
August 8th, 2008 at 4:52 pmAnd so Tracy begins the long days of posting responses no one will read on a thread that has been dormant for hours… the ritual is pointless and a bit odd, but fascinating nonetheless…
August 8th, 2008 at 5:04 pmOh Tracy, I wouldn’t miss it.
August 8th, 2008 at 5:10 pmTracy sez:
Once again I don’t have the time or the patience to sit and post continually all day long.
And yet there seems to be a hidden meaning…
I… post continually all day long.
August 8th, 2008 at 5:20 pm“UK train station bans ThinkProgress”
Don’t we love the “FREEDOM” and “DEMOCRACY” we enjoy here in the west?
August 8th, 2008 at 6:12 pmThat sounds about a goofy as one of Farrakhan’s connect the dots rants.
?
Last time I check in on this one Tracy… see you further up.
August 8th, 2008 at 8:02 pmOval12345678 aka James K. Sayre Says:
Is this what TP is reduced to worrying about? “Free wifi” is just more radio energy waves going right through your body 24/7. Wonder what more and more people are getting cancers at very early ages? Could be all the chemicals we put into the air, land and sea and some of which end up in our bodies and mess up our cellular functioning? Humans are poisoning themselves and all of the other animals and plants on this earth.
I would be less worried about non-ionizing radiation, than I would be of Hi Fructose Corn Syrup being in everything.
Terrible stuff, and forced on us by the orn lobby.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_fructose_corn_syrup
August 8th, 2008 at 8:14 pmMore proof that the socialism experiment in Europe did not work and they are running back to the conservative right.
Censorship sucks, but too bad TP … the UK train station is not in America.
August 9th, 2008 at 12:36 pm