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Because every country strives to be more like Syria. "MPAA told Congress that they wanted SOPA and knew it would work because it was the same tactic used by go
by ericcumbee 13y ago
Because every country strives to be more like Syria.
"MPAA told Congress that they wanted SOPA and knew it would work because it was the same tactic used by governments in "China, Iran, the UAE, Armenia, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Bahrain, Burma, Syria, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam."
- dylz 13y agoIs it bad that the first thing that stood out to me was the mismatched quotation marks?
- ericcumbee 13y agotextmate spoils me
- swatkat 13y agoOff topic: http://xkcd.com/859/ http://xkcd.com/859/
- klez 13y agoThanks for ruining my day.
- fatjokes 13y agoSo what's worse? When it's driven by people thirsty for power, or people thirsty for money?
- SoftwareMaven 13y agoIs there a difference? Isn't money just a means to power?
- ericcumbee 13y agoEqually for both you open the door for this one thing, it's hard not to open it for everything else.
- touristtam 13y agoFunny how all the countries listed here have a strong central government (too say the least), and the MPAA wants to replicate this balance of power in a more liberal context (ie in the hand of an economic agent). United Corporation of America, anyone?
- wnight 13y agoLet's let this proceed, then take anyone who supported it or voted for it and send them to the listed countries. When do we treat this sort of nonsense as a threat, ala the Boston rapper. If I announced a business model of selling something for $0.99, but claiming its real value was $150K and then using the millions of dollars of "damages" to justify rooting through your computer, I'd have the police called on me. So why doesn't this extend to the real criminals in our society? I doubt they'll get this, but they need to be kicked for even asking. That's actually the fundamental problem in democracy - the assumption that everything is up for grabs if you win some popularity contest, and that there are no limits on how often you can ask. If I asked if I could do something horrible to you, you'd say no and move on. If I ask your government I just keep doing it until fatigue or human error on your part lets me win. Lobbyists are a rootkit against democracy.