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I'm not sure this is the kind of PR that SOPA opponents need right now. I'm not saying that attacking UM website is good or bad, but the timing is certainly awk
by abraxasz 15y ago
I'm not sure this is the kind of PR that SOPA opponents need right now. I'm not saying that attacking UM website is good or bad, but the timing is certainly awkward imho.
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- redthrowaway 15y agoThat's irrelevant to the optics of the situation, however. SOPA's efficacy at preventing any of these acts wouldn't be a factor in its proponents' use of them to advocate in favour of it.
- earbitscom 15y agoYeah, no amount of logic matters when appealing to the general public. Right now, the average person thinks Megaupload anonymously took down the DOJ.
- earbitscom 15y agoI thought the same. There couldn't be an easier way to say, "Look at the lawlessness of the internet. These pirates have to be stopped, oh, and they're also a threat to homeland security."
- Natsu 15y agoYeah, this was a really bad idea on all counts. EDIT: I don't care about being downvoted, but I would like to know why anyone thinks this is a good idea? It accomplishes nothing and makes us look bad. I understand why people are upset, but this does not help.
- jarek 15y agoI don't really want to get meta but it's possible you were downvoted not in disagreement but because someone felt your post contributed little more than a "+1" post.
- Natsu 15y agoYou might be right about that, but I think it's pretty important not to get mixed up with this. I know they're not really doing anything harmful to the computers, but they're making us look like criminals.
- robertp 15y agoIsn't the other side that it supports why SOPA isn't fair in seeing how a GOV site was taken down without due process?