I have a different perspective on this. I am the Business Systems Manager for a large operation in Philadelphia and have personal experience of exactly why companies end up going "overboard" (pardon the pun) to protect themselves.

In the past year, we have twice been sued because individuals were reading inappropriate emails on a company PC. In both cases, someone walking past the desk claimed to have been sexually harassed by reading the emails over the person's shoulder.

Yes, it's stupid. But no matter how meritless the case, you still need to spend good money (and a lot of staff time) to defend against it. So now, we block access to everything that the firewall considers an inappropriate word. Annoying? Absolulely. But that is what things have come to in this crazy litigious society.

I understand your frustration, Chip. But I also understand why a company would make the decision Princess chose.