Date: Apr 19 2000 From: "John Ventura" To: suggest@websense.com Subject: hate site suggested for blocking Dear Mr. Shafer (I've written here before, so I know the name :-) ) I would suggest these sites for blocking under the "Racism/Hate" site category since they certainly seem to be potentially harmful for kids at an impressionable age, and could contribute to a harassing or uncomfortable work environment for minorities in this case: http://www.geocities.com/terence_mason/ compares being gay to "necrophilia, bestiality and pedophilia" and says that hiring gays "interferes with sound moral principles", etc. The page is basically a collection of extremely anti-gay statements organized in no particular pattern. http://www.angelfire.com/mt/firstjohn1976/ starts out by saying "We believe that homosexuality is unhealthy, immoral and destructive to individuals, families and societies" and goes downhill from there, and calls being gay "a life-controlling addiction like drug abuse". I'm not gay, in case you're wondering why I'm submitting all these gay-bashing sites for review in the "hate" category :) -- I would just hate to think of impressionable children forming their opinions on gay people from reading pages like this. If your "hate site" criteria include sexual orientation, I hope you will consider these pages appropriate for blocking. Thanks, -John