People have too much time on their hands

As obvious by my recent blogged spat with a commentator, the close-minded ignorant sods of the world do tend to stir my ire to no end. It never ceases to amaze me how people willing run around desperately seeking to be offended, then when they stumble upon a website, human, or opinion that clashes with their precious moral, they get all yippy skippy and climb onto a soapbox to cry indignantly. But I have seen a sliver of humanity hit an all time low in this particular 'quest to be offended'...
A short time ago, my wonderfully cynical little brother (already enjoying Nietzche at 15! YES!) came to visit with the 'rents for a spell. We were perusing some interesting musical websites together, when he decided to show me one of his favourite blog-ish type websites. It amusingly goes by the name The Best Page in the Universe. Some insanely sarcastic dude named Maddox basically just writes out caustic entries dappled with cynicism and dark humour, similar to a blog about his ires in life (hmmm....sounds familiar, dear readers?). I found it funny, especially since the guy includes some interesting little illustrations. I hadn't read through all of it though, and bookmarked it until a later time.
Well, upon finally reaching said 'later time', I was perusing his back entries and came upon one noting that his site was recently blocked by the filters from Websense (a company that creates 'net filters for companies and schools to keep employees and students from wasting their time and warping their fragile little minds). Apparently, his website falls under their one special category of "Tasteless". Now, I felt my hackles go up, because I personally do not think anyone should predetermine what anyone else should find "tasteless". If this were to happen in a broader sense beyond the internet, we would be a world without Beavis & Butthead, the singing hampsters, and, in a more literal sense, tofu. And seriously, what kind of crappy, NPR type world would that be?
But what finally sent me tumbling off my chair was a further addendum to this notation on the Stick-up-the-ass mentality of such a company...
Some twad has actually started up a website, organization, and petition to get Mr. Maddox's website shut down. Yeah, I'll give you a minute for the sheer stupidity and audacity to actually put forth such an effort to really sink in....k, still there?
Mothers Against Maddox is a website this gal who goes by Beth started when she noticed her eldest son, at the oh-so-imressionable age of 14, reading Maddox's site. She decided to peruse it herself, and upon finding the humour unappealing to her, launched her holy crusade to blast him off the cyberplatform. She says her proof is in her own son, whom, and I quote..."an increase in his hatred towards certain groups of people and his negative attitude towards life."
Now, of course the cause of this behavioral shift couldn't possibly be from hitting puberty and thus an awakened view of the dismal state of society, or, oh, say, having a religious zealot of a mother who is determined to shove her own close-minded and moralistic opinions down the throats of her offspring. No, this delicate step towards Satan himself must have been from viewing a WEBSITE. And this isn't some major site, like yahoo or MSN that is most likely to be emblazoned across your scren on a constant basis, with hundreds of employees and engines creating content, this is just some random guy's website. And because she is such a highly respected member of society who of course knows what's best for everyone on the damn planet, she has humbly taken it upon herself to ensure that this one, tiny, insignificant little speck in cyberspace gets obliterated. It's not enough to block the site in her parental controls, she has to make sure it's bricked up with concrete from anyone who would ever dare wander near. And certainly, it's not enough to go to such drastic measures as say....TALKING TO YOUR FUCKING KID.
*sigh* I think what perhaps irks me about all of this is that the guy isn't promoting racism, or violence, drug use, or even gender prejudism. He's just a guy venting, and the opinions he chose to air are in the negative aspects of life and the current world. You want to make a difference in the world your child is growing up in via censoring the internet? Take it out on sites discussing religious-based hate, white supremacy, or gender dominance. Take it out on the pedophiles who still feel justified in stalking our children, and frequently post 'enabler' websites to help them with their legal issues. Take it out on easily accessable weapon-building/supply sites. But zeroing in all your obviously abundant freetime on one guy who's sense of humour hit a raw nerve? Get a life.