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The difference is there wasn't a decade of infrastructure built around SOPA/PIPA (technological, social, political, economic, etc) however now there is -- the O
by ihsw 13y ago
The difference is there wasn't a decade of infrastructure built around SOPA/PIPA (technological, social, political, economic, etc) however now there is -- the Obama Administration's staunch resistance and the mainstream-media's support is evidence of this.
Even now the UK Government is seeking to duplicate the NSA's efforts because they see the writing on the wall that things may go south, so even if we act now then it'll effectively be a whack-a-mole game that will last for a long time coming.
We can stop them now in the US but we'll have to expand our efforts globally.
- pvnick 13y agoDaniel Ellsberg (the famous pentagon papers whistleblower) recently stated "With Edward Snowden having put his life on the line to get this information out ... I see the unexpected possibility of a way up and out of the abyss." [1] Now is the time to act. We have the option to succeed, but only if we really want to. [1] http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/10/edward-snowden-united-stasi-america http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/10/edward-s...