I thought people stopped caring about these petitions.
I love youmathexpert9981 wrote:
this is absolute bullshit, just like the U.S. government in general. What happened to the first amendment? Politicians fuck with it every chance they get it's practically non existent. Occupy movements are being shut down for absurd reasons, and now the internet, what used to be a place where people could voice their options freely is now being censored. The government is more powerful than the people, why is the 99% suffering whereas the 1% is chilling in their multimillion mansions practicably mocking and laughing at THE PEOPLE? In addition, I'm assuming this bill only affects websites in the US (which discounts the pirate bay, etc)?
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
home of the powerless and opressed
so fucking proud to be an American right now.
Calling the people of the United States powerless and oppressed is like saying alcohol is poison: maybe a little, but not really.mathexpert9981 wrote:
this is absolute bullshit, just like the U.S. government in general. What happened to the first amendment? Politicians fuck with it every chance they get it's practically non existent. Occupy movements are being shut down for absurd reasons, and now the internet, what used to be a place where people could voice their options freely is now being censored. The government is more powerful than the people, why is the 99% suffering whereas the 1% is chilling in their multimillion mansions practicably mocking and laughing at THE PEOPLE? In addition, I'm assuming this bill only affects websites in the US (which discounts the pirate bay, etc)?
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
home of the spoiled brats who think they're oppressed
so fucking proud to be an American right now.
haha while true, the internet being censored (more than it was) would have changed the Arab Spring dramatically.CDFA wrote:
THE INTERNET IS GOING TO BE CENSORED, MY COUNTRY IS SO OPPRESSED. [/FirstWorldProblems]
sorry, what?Loginer wrote:
I seriously doubt this is going to lead to any major uproar. The average first world citizen does not take the Internet seriously.
Shiirn wrote:
sorry, what?Loginer wrote:
I seriously doubt this is going to lead to any major uproar. The average first world citizen does not take the Internet seriously.
CDFA wrote:
THE INTERNET IS GOING TO BE CENSORED, MY COUNTRY IS SO OPPRESSED. [/FirstWorldProblems]
lol this ain't the 90s anymore suunei' boy.Loginer wrote:
The average first world citizen does not take the Internet seriously.
I dunno where you got that information, that internet is only for lolcats and whatnot, albeit memes are part of the culture. Any evidence or just a broad generalization? Maybe years ago that was true, but with every generation more tech-savy and internet adept people exist. Just because the average "grandma" doesn't know how to "surf the wave" doesn't mean the average college student also doesn't. Also, even if that was true, the "common folk" (lol I assume that you think you're special by using the word "average") will be affected; pictures on facebook, youtube videos, etc can be censored...CDFA wrote:
I'm guessing what Loginer is saying is that the average first class citizen doesn't really use the internet that much to where the internet censorship bill will do stuff. The average first world citizen uses the internet mostly for like, Facebook and Youtube and stuff. To the average first world citizen, the internet is that place where they can talk to their friends and see Glynnis post those funny lolcats and stuff.
...But it already did. It caused a lot of outrage from normal people, various technology companies (Google, Facebook, Mozilla and eBay), the Electric Frontier Foundation and various human right groups. In addition to blogs and forums like we have here. This is only the proposal, so if it does get passed you can bet your ass that it will much worse.Loginer wrote:
I seriously doubt this is going to lead to any major uproar.
Please link me to an article regarding any public demonstration or rally against SOPA. Preferably not preceded by more than three insults.mathexpert9981 wrote:
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Do you not think that that is completely unreasonable and improbable? This bill was recently proposed for christ's sake. lol public demonstrations aren't the only form of "uproar" nowadays, believe it or not;Loginer wrote:
Please link me to an article regarding any public demonstration or rally against SOPA.
^enough to be considered a uproar? I imagine some news organizations, etc have picked up on this as well.mathexpert9981 wrote:
It caused a lot of outrage from normal people, various technology companies (Google, Facebook, Mozilla and eBay), the Electric Frontier Foundation and various human right groups. In addition to blogs and forums like we have here. This is only the proposal, so if it does get passed you can bet your ass that it will much worse.