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If it doesn't pass they'll come back in six months with an anti-kiddie porn bill that has all the same provisions but this time you'll be a monster who hates ch
by wnight 15y ago
If it doesn't pass they'll come back in six months with an anti-kiddie porn bill that has all the same provisions but this time you'll be a monster who hates children if you speak out against it.
This is how government works. They force crap on you and if you manage to rally and defeat it at great expense they just propose it again. You have to spend your limited resources to fight it and they're getting paid to propose this stuff.
Not only that, but controversial issues pay more in "contributions" from both sides. And conveniently they muddy the water. Who cares if your congressional representative shut down the daycares in your state - they're who you have to lobby to stop SOPA and you'll poison your case with them if you don't drop all your other issues.
- nextparadigms 15y agoThis is why I think there needs to be an Amendment to the Constitution that makes all future such bills against the Internet illegal. It's probably the best long term solution.
- JoshTriplett 15y agoA blacklist of unacceptable legislation seems like a losing battle, long-term. Much like writing a malware scanner based on virus signatures, it only works against known threats. We need a whitelist of acceptable legislation, instead. Oh, wait, we have one; it just doesn't actually get enforced.