Hi Chips. In many cases the folks on CC are not very diplomatic in their responses. But in my opinion, the gist of what they are saying is correct. Basically, the person who owns the computer gets to decide what's on the computer. It's that simple. Unfettered Internet access is not a right when you're using someone else's computer.

I would even go one step further and contend the cruise line has the right to restrict what you can access in your own cabin on your own laptop. They have a legitimate right to protect their liability if, for example, people are accessing child porn sites from the ship.

Now if you were using a compter owned by the public, the library for example, you might have a stronger argument against censorship because those computers are owned by the government. I think the answer depends on the community where you live.

It could be worse. We could be living in China where there is no uncensored Internet access allowed.

The issue of censorship comes up all the time with freedom of the press. In reality, freedom of the press applies to those who own the press, not those who write for the press. Tom.