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#1 2012-01-17 07:38:53

SpaceManMike
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The freedom of speech.

If you are not american, this doesn't really affect you.

The USA is thinking about creating a law that would shut down any sites that have material not made by them. That is saying, if you post a picture from say, Calvin and Hobbes, you could get the site you posted on BLOCKED in america. Reditt, Wikipedia and Facebook are all sites that are protesting this, so why not scratch?

What they are doing here is policing the internet. This not only gives them more power than most people are comfortable with, but this goes against the first amendment, the freedom of speech.

EDIT: LOL i sound like a mod

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#2 2012-01-17 08:07:34

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Re: The freedom of speech.

apparently, I am the only american.


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#3 2012-01-17 09:07:04

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Re: The freedom of speech.

bump


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#4 2012-01-17 09:35:06

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Re: The freedom of speech.

There are too many topics about this, especially since SOPA is now dead. We do not need the entire front page of misc. filled with topics protesting a dead bill.


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#5 2012-01-17 09:40:42

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Re: The freedom of speech.

Actually it affects everyone, the site is taken down completely, and the bill failed.

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#6 2012-01-17 09:42:12

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Re: The freedom of speech.

Sad, isn't it?


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#7 2012-01-17 09:46:16

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Re: The freedom of speech.

I actually don't really care whether it passes or not, and I live in America.


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#8 2012-01-17 09:47:28

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Re: The freedom of speech.

veggieman001 wrote:

I actually don't really care whether it passes or not, and I live in America.

I think that you need a life then,
This breaks the constitution in more ways than the health care bill could in a million years!

We'd end up like,
CHINA

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#9 2012-01-17 10:04:25

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Re: The freedom of speech.

veggieman001 wrote:

I actually don't really care whether it passes or not, and I live in America.


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#10 2012-01-17 10:06:11

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Re: The freedom of speech.

rabbit1131 wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

I actually don't really care whether it passes or not, and I live in America.

I think that you need a life then,
This breaks the constitution in more ways than the health care bill could in a million years!

We'd end up like,
CHINA

Hahaha
This bill would give me motivation to go get a life, man


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#11 2012-01-17 10:32:35

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Re: The freedom of speech.

Wow, I'm surprised at the amount of threads about this. Wait, actually I'm not...


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#12 2012-01-18 17:07:47

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Re: The freedom of speech.

die sopa!  mad


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#13 2012-01-18 17:11:45

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Re: The freedom of speech.

veggieman001 wrote:

rabbit1131 wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

I actually don't really care whether it passes or not, and I live in America.

I think that you need a life then,
This breaks the constitution in more ways than the health care bill could in a million years!

We'd end up like,
CHINA

Hahaha
This bill would give me motivation to go get a life, man

Not sure bout' that, but it may give you motivation to go lose a life.


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#14 2012-01-18 17:14:25

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Re: The freedom of speech.

CheeseMunchy wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

rabbit1131 wrote:


I think that you need a life then,
This breaks the constitution in more ways than the health care bill could in a million years!

We'd end up like,
CHINA

Hahaha
This bill would give me motivation to go get a life, man

Not sure bout' that, but it may give you motivation to go lose a life.

Congrats on getting 3,500 posts  tongue


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#15 2012-01-18 17:15:51

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Re: The freedom of speech.

CheeseMunchy wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

rabbit1131 wrote:


I think that you need a life then,
This breaks the constitution in more ways than the health care bill could in a million years!

We'd end up like,
CHINA

Hahaha
This bill would give me motivation to go get a life, man

Not sure bout' that, but it may give you motivation to go lose a life.

Oh yes
Sites getting shut down makes me suicidal
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#16 2012-01-18 17:16:43

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Re: The freedom of speech.

rabbit1131 wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

I actually don't really care whether it passes or not, and I live in America.

I think that you need a life then,
This breaks the constitution in more ways than the health care bill could in a million years!

We'd end up like,
CHINA

Just cause you can't go two seconds without your precious little internet doesn't mean you need to get on other people's case about it.


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#17 2012-01-18 17:23:27

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Re: The freedom of speech.

In all honesty I think intellectual property is intellectual property, and if someone doesn't want the junk they own on the internet then you've got no business to be posting the junk they own on the internet

Freedom of speech isn't about having the ability to spout out logos and brand names and screencaps of television shows


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#18 2012-01-18 17:40:38

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Re: The freedom of speech.

What?

What's up with all the people protesting SOPA hating here?


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#19 2012-01-18 17:50:35

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Re: The freedom of speech.

Everyone seems to say that that S.O.P.A. and P.I.P.A. are on the shelf and done with. This is something that can be worked on any day.


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#20 2012-01-18 17:55:08

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Re: The freedom of speech.

RedRocker227 wrote:

CheeseMunchy wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:


Hahaha
This bill would give me motivation to go get a life, man

Not sure bout' that, but it may give you motivation to go lose a life.

Congrats on getting 3,500 posts  tongue

Sweet.  tongue


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#21 2012-01-18 18:31:31

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Re: The freedom of speech.

Nexstudent wrote:

Everyone seems to say that that S.O.P.A. and P.I.P.A. are on the shelf and done with. This is something that can be worked on any day.

PIPA isn't on the shelf at all, I have no idea where people are getting that rumor from.

In fact, the Senate is going to vote on PIPA on the 24th. And last I checked (which was today) we're currently 35 senators short of stopping PIPA. Once PIPA passes, then it's likely that SOPA will pass as well since there's even less support in the U.S. government against it.


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#22 2012-01-18 18:34:00

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Re: The freedom of speech.

cheddargirl wrote:

Nexstudent wrote:

Everyone seems to say that that S.O.P.A. and P.I.P.A. are on the shelf and done with. This is something that can be worked on any day.

PIPA isn't on the shelf at all, I have no idea where people are getting that rumor from.

In fact, the Senate is going to vote on PIPA on the 24th. And last I checked (which was today) we're currently 35 senators short of stopping PIPA. Once PIPA passes, then it's likely that SOPA will pass as well since there's even less support in the U.S. government against it.

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An analogy from that video I like is that he says they 
are putting people who admitted to not knowing how
to use the internet in charge of this passing.

He explains that's like putting Toddlers in charge of
a 777, but not one 777, having all of them run by
toddlers.

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#23 2012-01-18 18:35:24

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Re: The freedom of speech.

Freedom of Speech?
UNHEARD OF!


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#24 2012-01-18 18:36:16

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Re: The freedom of speech.

cheddargirl wrote:

Nexstudent wrote:

Everyone seems to say that that S.O.P.A. and P.I.P.A. are on the shelf and done with. This is something that can be worked on any day.

PIPA isn't on the shelf at all, I have no idea where people are getting that rumor from.

In fact, the Senate is going to vote on PIPA on the 24th. And last I checked (which was today) we're currently 35 senators short of stopping PIPA. Once PIPA passes, then it's likely that SOPA will pass as well since there's even less support in the U.S. government against it.

But if it's vetoed, do they have enough support to carry it on?


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#25 2012-01-18 18:56:30

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Re: The freedom of speech.

veggieman001 wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

Nexstudent wrote:

Everyone seems to say that that S.O.P.A. and P.I.P.A. are on the shelf and done with. This is something that can be worked on any day.

PIPA isn't on the shelf at all, I have no idea where people are getting that rumor from.

In fact, the Senate is going to vote on PIPA on the 24th. And last I checked (which was today) we're currently 35 senators short of stopping PIPA. Once PIPA passes, then it's likely that SOPA will pass as well since there's even less support in the U.S. government against it.

But if it's vetoed, do they have enough support to carry it on?

Code:

They have a TON of support.

Mainly from the idiots we managed to elect
that can't use the internet for their life.

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