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You sound like a very good person who is completely oblivious to all the ways lawmakers and companies fuck us all over. The problem with people like you is that
by ChrisNorstrom 15y ago
You sound like a very good person who is completely oblivious to all the ways lawmakers and companies fuck us all over. The problem with people like you is that you let feelings and "goodness" get in the way of doing what needs to be done.
We have to be bullies, we have to be aggressive, merciless, unforgiving. Have you seen how companies like Monsanto have hijacked our congress? Make our lawmakers their bitches? How businesses have, over the course of decades, destroyed our towns, freedom, and privacy, in the name of profit.
The way Massey Coal caused deaths of children and contamination of hundreds of streams because they use mountain top removal as a method to mine for coal. They lobby lawmakers to prevent any type of law against it. George Bush signed a law allowing them to actually. Google "mountain top removal" and look at the giant holes they left in West Virginia, then look at the kids going through chemo therapy to fight brain cancer caused by the chemicals in the explosives used for mining.
The way American car companies lobbied congress to prevent higher mileage standards so they profit more without having to innovate. (which ultimately led to them needing a bailout because they couldn't compete with foreign car makers)
The way Car companies bought up and ripped out streetcars and their tracks so more people could buy cars. Now we tax payers are paying billions trying to put them back in to unclog our cities.
The way banks got bailouts then went out, partied, and gave themselves raises and bonuses. (self explanatory)
The way the United States poisoned 10,000 of its own citizens so it can more easily sell prohibition to the public. Yeah, kill people to scare them away from drinking alcohol.
The way oil companies are allowed to have as many oil spill accidents as they want, as long as they pay their
There is NOTHING we will ever do that will ever equal to the bullying that corporations inflict on us for the sake of profit and personal agendas.
These are the lunatics the American public are competing with, with all due respect, grow a pair of fucking balls. Because balls are all we have left.
- steventruong 15y agoBelieve me, I fight for what I believe in. I wouldn't have the galls to post this knowing there might be some backlash if I didn't have some balls. Note I'm also doing so under my real name. I don't disagree with the shadiness that various companies have chose to carried themselves by. And there certainly a lot of reasons to be angry and upset. I agree with you that there are a lot of fucked up shit going on out there. But you're now mixing two totally separate arguments and taking advantage of the situation to tear GoDaddy a new asshole in the process. I am not defending them (this isn't about them specifically either) nor do I honestly give a shit about their business. My original intent with this post stands. The goal and sole focus was and still should be to educate others on SOPA, get the word out, and oppose it from happening. Not take out everyone/company along the way. That's unnecessary and irrelevant collateral damage coupled with a lot of anger from a multitude of things combined.
- ChrisNorstrom 15y agoI see. Sorry I got carried away then. The problem with the public is that they don't want to be educated. Scientists and logicians have tried for decades to educate the public and they still deny evolution and global climate change. The public can only be scared shitless into things or "infotained" by public displays of drama and shock. That's how congress get us into wars and pointless "security theater" strip searches and hand swabs at the airport. Which do you think would catch the -> average <- person's attention: (note: the average YouTube kitten watching, tv couch potato, "who's Carl Segan?", "I didn't come from no monkey", person) 1) Congress is voting on a law called SOPA which censors the US internet and can completely destroy free speech, fair use content, youtube, and fair file sharing. 2) Did you hear what happened to Godaddy? They supported some SOPA law on censoring the internet and got their ass beat. Now they're on damage control, etc....
- steventruong 15y agoAgreed.