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Part of me is starting to love all these government calls for censorship because I think we may finally be starting to reach the "breaking point" where more of
by devs1010 15y ago
Part of me is starting to love all these government calls for censorship because I think we may finally be starting to reach the "breaking point" where more of the general population begins to awaken to what a sham these politicians are and to the fact that they have been on a huge power grab ever since 2001. Maybe I'm just delusional but as the internet has taken hold more and more, and the "internet generation" continues to grow up and gain more influence in society its only a matter of time, I hope, before the current era of politics ends.
The calls for censorship, in my opinion, amount to one last "stand" to hold onto power and restrict information, they know that more people are on to their "games" than ever before and they are collectively acting like a cornered dictator under siege by making these attempts to keep up the facade.
- Natsu 15y ago> I think we may finally be starting to reach the "breaking point" Until someone comes up with a credible answer to the question, "So what are you going to do about it?" this will continue.
- devs1010 15y agoPeople are doing things, just look at the boycott of GoDaddy, that was effective and got media attention. Obviously its a collective effort, one person, unless they already hold significant power in a company, etc can't do a huge amount. Personally, I have ideas for projects to develop and are working on them but they are long-term, nothing is going to happen overnight, I just have a feeling they can't keep this up forever as things like this are going to piss off more and more people. Suggesting something such as censorship is something that people perceive as being fundamentally "un-American" and I think people as a whole are getting a bit worn out by the whole terrorism song and dance.
- funthree 15y agoThey will attempt to massage the language into something that is easily digestible by the vast majority as politicians have always done. The aims of which language would include disarming or flustering the passion of the opposition.
- Helianthus 15y agoThe breaking point is when there's a credible answer to that question.
- devs1010 15y agowell, I don't know if this is any indication of the overall public opinion, but every comment I've looked at on the CNN article is anti-SOPA, I don't know if its the "reddit-types" who have found the article and are commenting or if its really indicative of the average CNN-reader but, if it is, I think that simply voting these clowns out of office may be becoming a more real possibility.
- semanticist 15y agoYou don't vote against a candidate, you vote for one. Are there credible candidates that aren't part of the same system that you could vote for, that don't come associated with some other baggage that might make them toxic to large numbers of votes?
- njharman 15y ago> You don't vote against a candidate, you vote for one. Which is a shame. Always seemed much better and more popular election scheme would be to vote against the one candidate you couldnt stand.
- mike-cardwell 15y agoMaybe you should get one upvote and one downvote per election.
- njharman 15y ago> You don't vote against a candidate, you vote for one. Which is a shame. Always seemed much better and more popular election scheme would be to vote against the one candidate you couldnt stand.
- Natsu 15y ago
- mike-cardwell 15y agoI think the only answer is technology. A communication network that can't be controlled governments and which is anonymous by default (unless you communicate something which deanonymises you like "My name is x"). I don't believe that a practical technology exists that would allow such a network to materialise. When I look at the technological advances that have happened in the last hundred years though, I can't help but believe that such technology will be developed during my life time. And if not, soon after.
- ThaddeusQuay2 15y agoThey tweeted, blissfully unaware, while Rome burned around them.
- noblethrasher 15y agoOn the other hand, once the Internet generation become parents and begin recalling painful (or guilty) memories of various kinds of cyber-bullying they might be even more amenable to censorship.
- Joakal 15y agoCyber-bullying, child porn, piracy, etc, are all a red herring. It's virtually impossible to stop it completely unless the Internet was either taken down or completely monitored and controlled. The first step to controlling content is to be aware of the content. Would they be happy for the government to look through their emails to prevent cyber-bullying, of course?
- devs1010 15y agoI think cyber-bullying is something that could easily be handled within the portal itself (in this case it always seems to be facebook), why can't kids just be taught if someone starts saying something "mean" they can just block the person and tell their parents. I don't know how we have gotten to a point in our society where people think the government is needed to solve every miniscule problem that pops up in our lives.
- noblethrasher 15y agoI agree with you for the most part but what I'm talking about is stuff like spreading rumors and disseminating embarrassing pictures and videos.