The next steps to fighting PIPA and SOPA: Show them that they can't stop the signal

[box_in_the_box]

Just last week, there were only five U.S. Senators publicly opposing the Protect IP Act.

In the wake of the widespread Internet blackout day on Wednesday, Jan. 18, there are now 36.

It would take only 41 "no" votes to permanently stall PIPA and the Stop Online Piracy Act in the Senate

Comments

[stewstewstewdio]

But we can't get complacent, because the multinational media corporations that are throwing their weight behind PIPA and SOPA will not stop pushing for these bills to pass, and the Senate is expected to vote on PIPA on Tuesday, Jan. 24.

Your “free market” at work. Now they are using the same propaganda and manipulation that everyone claims the government uses to get their own way.

Oh, BTW. Wikipedia is up and running again at 2:00 AM American CST. 24 hours my ass. This snit protest wasn’t even a blip on the radar. The world screamed with one voice: “WTF. Who cares?”

[box_in_the_box]

Wikipedia is up and running again at 2:00 AM American CST. 24 hours my ass.

They went black well before midnight on Wednesday, Jan. 18, Pacific Standard Time. Your ass regardless, I would indeed call that 24 hours.

This snit protest wasn't even a blip on the radar. The world screamed with one voice: "WTF. Who cares?"

I would suggest that you Google some news articles on the subject. The number that I have read indicated that quite a lot of people DID care.

[op_tech_glitch]

And the first thing I fuckin' saw when I went back over there is that Jimmy Castor (best known for the 70s funk classic "Troglodyte/Cave Men") died.

DAMN.

[stewstewstewdio]

I would suggest that you Google some news articles on the subject. The number that I have read indicated that quite a lot of people DID care.

I can Google articles on Justin Bieber. That doesn’t make him something of a world event. I’m talking about headline making significance.

[enders_shadow]

Define protest.
Define action.

[enders_shadow]

Try again.
And this time define protest, instead of just naming protests you dislike.
Define what protest is then maybe we can chat.

[devil_ad_vocate]

Wow. That video made me want to go out and kick Mickey Mouse's ass!

[box_in_the_box]

I chose that video precisely because it's a great tongue-in-cheek cobbled-together motivational speech AND it's a minor but fun example of exactly what we could lose if these bills are passed.

Fozzie's "SHAAAME ON YOU!" always does me in. :)