Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
What's a "real" revolution? You mean taking up arms?
I suppose anything that actually has any impact and truly alters the way the government reacts.
Aureliou
man this is serious or what even wikipedia is having a 24 hour lockdown
OHHHHHHHHHHH the strain on my brainnnn without instant access to knowledge knowldege OH MY GODDDDDness
WittyHandle
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Originally posted by Banora
I don't have the money to fight, plus I have dual citizenship, so I could really give a less about this country. That being said, I have absolutely no faith in the American political system (and rapidly losing faith in other countries systems as well).
It's totally normal to have these feelings as you enter your teenage years.
Banora
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Originally posted by WittyHandle
It's totally normal to have these feelings as you enter your teenage years.
Guess I'll be a teenager forever, then.
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Originally posted by Aureliou
man this is serious or what even wikipedia is having a 24 hour lockdown
OHHHHHHHHHHH the strain on my brainnnn without instant access to knowledge knowldege OH MY GODDDDDness
All the procrastinating college kids with papers due today raged hard across the US. :D
Guest
Actually, it's the javascript that's the problem. So just disable it and wiki works fine. Or press esc over and over and over again before it can load the script. But then again, the majority of the college kids wouldn't have known that :')
pkcRAISTLIN
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Originally posted by Banora
I guess I am just jaded but I feel boycotting the internet for a day, willingly blocking out your website and calling to harass your local politician really won't do . Politicians only give a damn about themselves, their agendas and the agendas of the people who pay them to think. All 350 million Americans could call and whine all day long about how much SOPA sucks but if the government wants to black out the internet they will do it anyway.
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Lawmakers withdraw support of anti-piracy bills after online protest
Some lawmakers are rethinking their support of controversial anti-piracy bills that led to some websites shutting down in protest.
The protest was in response to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) bill, a piece of proposed legislation that is working its way through Congress. A Senate committee approved a similar bill in May called the Protect IP Act (PIPA), which is now pending before the full Senate.
The protest seemed to change the minds of lawmakers, including those that had strongly backed the bills in the past.
"We can find a solution that will protect lawful content. But this bill is flawed & that's why I'm withdrawing my support. #SOPA #PIPA," Republican Sen. Roy Blunt wrote on his official Twitter page.
Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, who was an initial co-sponsor
"I have decided to withdraw my support for the Protect IP Act. Furthermore, I encourage Senator Reid to abandon his plan to rush the bill to the floor. Instead, we should take more time to address the concerns raised by all sides, and come up with new legislation that addresses Internet piracy while protecting free and open access to the Internet," Rubio wrote on a Facebook post.
Rep Lee Terry (R-Neb.), an original co-sponsor of SOPA, also said he had changed his view.
"Thank you for your concern about #SOPA. I have asked to have my name removed from the bill. However, the economic impact of IP theft is real and a solution is needed," Terry wrote on Facebook.
