The thing is, Jaeger, that given that SiteCoach is apparently at least partly based in Germany, and given that Germany has laws against the psychopathic behaviour of, say, extremist skin-heads, and given that most of us probably aren't big fans of said radicals, one can see I think how a company that wants to be compliant with respect to the laws of the land might want to engage the services of some facility like SiteCoach in this regard, independent of whether or not we think the "right-wing" appellation is appropriate in this case. As one of the commenters wrote at the referenced site:

"Here are the relevant statutes as quoted on the SiteKiosk website:

"In der BRD gibt es Gesetze, die es untersagen, selbst Erwachsenen bestimmte Inhalte öffentlich zugänglich zu machen. Dies gilt nicht nur für Zeitschriften und Videos, sondern auch für Inhalte aus dem Internet, die über einen öffentlichen Terminal abgerufen werden können.

"Zu diesen gehören im Wesentlichen:

"* § 86a StGB Verwendung von Kennzeichen verfassungswidriger Organisationen (z.B. das Hakenkreuz) [Using the insignia of illegal organizations, i.e., the swastika]
"* § 130 Absatz 1 StGB Volksverhetzung [racial incitement]
"* § 130 Absatz 2 StGB Leugnen des Holocaust [Holocaust denial]

"These are the laws that, inter alia, prevent WWII video games sold in Germany from showing German soldiers in their historically accurate uniforms. The "right-wing" content that they refer to in their English section is a direct, but very clumsy translation of the German "Rechtsradikalen", which is better translated in context, as "neo-Nazi". Site Kiosk may make effective web filters, but they have poor translators."

/End Quote

It's one thing to agitate in favour of free speech, which I do. It's something else entirely to criticize a company's due diligence in regard of its shareholder value in the face of current statutes. (Obligatory disclaimer: I am the president of an incorporation.)

Von dem turm kann mann die umliegend landschafte gesehen.

I contacted the company and asked them what exactly that comment means, are they blocking political opinions? Here is their reply.

Hello Peter,

There is a terrible error in our product descriptions on our web site. Our software does not filter political views. It blocks pornographic and illegal content, e.g. neo-Nazi content etc. The term ‘right-wing’ is flat wrong. I apologize for the confusion.

Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any questions.

Best regards,

Heinz Horstmann

PROVISIO, LLC, 550 11th Street, Miami Beach, FL 33139
Ph: +1-305-777-2317, Fax: +1-305-428-2506, www.sitekiosk.com

Thanks for that data, Peter.

EBD, I've searched all the major web query engines, and I've found nothing of your quote but your comment at the Shotgun. I tried using Google to translate the German to English, and I got: "Of the tower man can do those surrounding land shank seen".

So, my question is, what does "Von dem turm kann mann die umliegend landschafte gesehen" mean?

I use this translator, fair results. hey its free...
http://babelfish.altavista.com/

Websites that are banned at Public Works & Government Services Canada:

SmallDeadAnimals.com
SteveJanke.com
StephenTaylor.com

Websites that are not banned at PWGSC:

WarrenKinsella.com
MyBlahg.com
Cherniak's blog

Why does the government of Canada block pro-Conservative sites and allow pro-Liberal/NDP sites?

Maybe PWGSC has a rule to block sites that generate too much traffic. In other words they blocked the sites that their employees actually spent time reading ;)

"Von dem turm kann mann die umliegend landschafte gesehen"

My wife, translating from my terrible pronunciation over the phone, suggests:

From the tower, a man can see the surrounding landscape.

Does that make sense?

I speak 1.02 languages. The .02 is the German I remember from University. The "quote" means "From the turret one can see the surrounding landscape."

Just a passing attempt at humour pertaining to, um, oversight, that's all, and it was made in the context of blogs, Cherniak, 'Clell, etc.

Mr. Horstmann's clarification makes that passing humour pass out of sight. Filtering out, say, iterneraries pertaining to neo-nazi gatherings and activities from public-access computers in schools, libraries, etc ranks very low on the scale of offenses against free speech.

Not to worry, the odd "sterilize all muslims" or "nuke islam" line in the comment section probably won't get you screened.

...whereas the information passed on by PWGSC Employee is really disturbing. Could that actually be true, that Stephen Taylor, SDA and Janke are banned on computers at Public Works & Government Services Canada, while Kinsella, Cherniak and McClelland's sites aren't?

If that's true, that's a real story. Perhaps derJankerman can use his contacts to get to the bottom of it.

It's important to remember that nearly everyone sees themselves as a centrist.

Verstanden. Danke.