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[HCN-SeriesN]

Please copy and paste this code before the </head> tag of your website. Protest against Sopa!

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<a style="width:400px;height:100px;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;background-color:#000;position:absolute;z-index:5555;top:50px;left:50px;background-image:url(http://americancenso...rship-small.png);background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat;" href="http://americancensorship.org"></a>

[loremar]

Signed the petition.

I like how Hilary Clinton said it:

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“When ideas are blocked, information deleted, conversations stifled and people constrained in their choices, the Internet is diminished for all of us.. There isn’t an economic Internet and a social Internet and a political Internet. There’s just the Internet.”

[HCN-SeriesN]

loremar, on 16 December 2011 - 04:54 AM, said:

Signed the petition.

I like how Hilary Clinton said it:

She spoke like any intelligent person would speak.

[Saint]

In the 1950's and 1960's, there was a popular phrase in the UK: "It's a free country."

It meant that people could do what they liked, so long as they didn't interfere with others. It reminded people that much of the world was not free, and under the heel of communist or fascist dictatorships.

Funny thing... the phrase has gone out of fashion. Perhaps it's because people in the UK no longer feel quite so free.

Same thing in the USA, it seems.

[the_reaper]

sours, on 16 December 2011 - 11:44 AM, said:

... "It's a free country." ...

That saying was quite popular with the younger community for a while during my primary and secondary schooling years (late 1990s and early to mid 2000s). I don't hear it as much now...could it be the same thing here in Aus?

[Saint]

If we say that we would like our countries to be free again, will we be labelled as dissidents?

[the_reaper]

sours, on 16 December 2011 - 04:08 PM, said:

If we say that we would like our countries to be free again, will we be labelled as dissidents?

I'm pretty sure I'm already there...

[Saint]

Originally, dissident just meant disagreeing. For many years news reports have spoken of repressive governments imprisoning dissidents. Now the word has gained criminal overtones, and become synonymous with subversive.

[the_reaper]

sours, on 17 December 2011 - 08:26 AM, said:

Originally, dissident just meant disagreeing. For many years news reports have spoken of repressive governments imprisoning dissidents. Now the word has gained criminal overtones, and become synonymous with subversive.

Seriously? Damn...shows the type of world we live in now, though - you either agree with society, or you're left for dead.

[gxjenkin]

sours, on 16 December 2011 - 11:44 AM, said:

In the 1950's and 1960's, there was a popular phrase in the UK: "It's a free country."

It meant that people could do what they liked, so long as they didn't interfere with others. It reminded people that much of the world was not free, and under the heel of communist or fascist dictatorships.

Funny thing... the phrase has gone out of fashion. Perhaps it's because people in the UK no longer feel quite so free.

Same thing in the USA, it seems.

Your right about that. The US is free only if you have the money and power to live that way.

[gxjenkin]

The 99% protesters are a good example of what the US is suppose to be about. If you don't like what's happening you should be able to stand up and protest against it, and you can if you're by yourself. But, if you let too many people join in and the whole country starts to take notice, then the Government (acting on behalf of the 1%) will find a way to shut you down.

[gxjenkin]

HCN-SeriesN, on 16 December 2011 - 12:30 AM, said:

Please copy and paste this code before the </head> tag of your website. Protest against Sopa!

Do you have a site this is setup on so I can see what it looks like?

[HCN-SeriesN]

Hostcell and the forum.

[gxjenkin]

I didn't even notice that when I signed in. Thanks.

[Saint]

gxjenkin, on 17 December 2011 - 11:49 PM, said:

I didn't even notice that when I signed in. Thanks.

It is rather prominent. You must have been on autopilot, or on something else at least!

[Saint]

jeffryder12, on 18 December 2011 - 06:06 AM, said:

Here is a video by TB...

Good link! It is not often that I watch anything on YouTube for over 15 minutes, but TotalBiscuit had me riveted.

[gxjenkin]

sours, on 18 December 2011 - 02:29 AM, said:

It is rather prominent. You must have been on autopilot, or on something else at least!

I was on Autopilot because I did see it, but I didn't really see it.

Is that related to EFF, "Electronic Frontier Foundation"? I've been getting emails from them asking for a donation. I must have gone to their site at some point but can't remember when or why. Here is their about page: https://www.eff.org/about

Do you know anything about them?

[sidhosti]

sours, on 16 December 2011 - 11:44 AM, said:

In the 1950's and 1960's, there was a popular phrase in the UK: "It's a free country."

It meant that people could do what they liked, so long as they didn't interfere with others. It reminded people that much of the world was not free, and under the heel of communist or fascist dictatorships.

Funny thing... the phrase has gone out of fashion. Perhaps it's because people in the UK no longer feel quite so free.

Same thing in the USA, it seems.

Agreed sours. We have a supposed democracy aswell, but when it comes to decisions, the public are ignored. Take the student protests for example.

[gxjenkin]

jeffryder12, on 18 December 2011 - 06:06 AM, said:

Here is a video by TB that gives out a very nice summary on the entire SOPA act and what it means to you even if you are not an American
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhwuX...4eFUAAAAAAAAAA

Now obviously everyone has spoken out against this thing with vitriolic(and justified) hate.

He does a great job of explaining How Bad this could be.
After watching the video if you want to voice your opinion go here:
http://publicknowled...CFQpV7Aod6hijoA
and let Congress know.