The thing is we shouldn't be having to work around the filters, and we shouldn't have to put up with degraded performance just because some non-technical people

The thing is we shouldn't be having to work around the filters, and we shouldn't have to put up with degraded performance just because some non-technical people think that it'll protect their kids from the Scary Internet. Also we shouldn't be wasting tax dollars on a boondoggle that achieves nothing. Finally, it's a bit embarrassing to be a citizen of an educated first world nation that is actually implementing something so ill advised.