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Why do I have a feeling that this is like changing your Facebook picture because you think it might make a difference?

by Yuioup 13y ago

mrweasel 13y ago
I get the same feeling. From the website: Governments worldwide need to know that mass surveillance, like that conducted by the NSA, is always a violation of our inalienable human rights. Sorry, but the governments of the world already know this. Obama, Merkel, Hollande, Cameron or Putin isn't going to stand up proclaim: "I'm sorry, we didn't know". It's not that we shouldn't do anything, nor do I have the answer as to what we're suppose to do, but this, "The Day We Fight Back", is pointless. Changing your Twitter icon to green didn't stop the war in Libya, the Internet "Blackout" is already forgotten and just pissed people of, it didn't encouraged anyone to resolve or change anything.
- dllthomas 13y ago
  'Internet "Blackout" is already forgotten and just pissed people of, it didn't encouraged anyone to resolve or change anything.' SOPA and PIPA were defeated after several legislators changed their stance, purportedly in response to phone calls surrounding the blackout.
  - BrandonMarc 13y ago
    Yes, SOPA and PIPA were defeated with much fanfare and attention, while some different laws doing the same damn thing were passed just a month or two afterward. Victory?!
    - dllthomas 13y ago
      Victory in the battle, not the war. But the ability to win a battle is huge.
      - BrandonMarc 13y ago
        True ... I just hate when a won battle draws attention away from a hidden, lost battle over the same ground, because in a way you're worse off if you think you won when you really lost.
        dllthomas 13y ago
        Agreed. We need strategy as well as tactics, and we need to keep our attention trained.
- lexcorvus 13y ago
  mass surveillance... is always a violation of our inalienable human rights. Whenever I see something like this, I think of Inigo Montoya: Protestor: They're taking away our inalienable rights! Inigo: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
aaronem 13y ago
Because you can recognize distributed narcissism at thirty paces?

Why do I have a feeling that this is like changing your Facebook picture because you think it might make a difference?

by Yuioup 13y ago

Why do I have a feeling that this is like changing your Facebook picture because you think it might make a difference?

I get the same feeling. From the website: Governments worldwide need to know that mass surveillance, like that conducted by the NSA, is always a violation of our inalienable human rights. Sorry, but the governments of the world already know this. Obama, Merkel, Hollande, Cameron or Putin isn't going to stand up proclaim: "I'm sorry, we didn't know". It's not that we shouldn't do anything, nor do I have the answer as to what we're suppose to do, but this, "The Day We Fight Back", is pointless. Changing your Twitter icon to green didn't stop the war in Libya, the Internet "Blackout" is already forgotten and just pissed people of, it didn't encouraged anyone to resolve or change anything.

dllthomas 13y ago
'Internet "Blackout" is already forgotten and just pissed people of, it didn't encouraged anyone to resolve or change anything.' SOPA and PIPA were defeated after several legislators changed their stance, purportedly in response to phone calls surrounding the blackout.
- BrandonMarc 13y ago
  Yes, SOPA and PIPA were defeated with much fanfare and attention, while some different laws doing the same damn thing were passed just a month or two afterward. Victory?!
  - dllthomas 13y ago
    Victory in the battle, not the war. But the ability to win a battle is huge.
    - BrandonMarc 13y ago
      True ... I just hate when a won battle draws attention away from a hidden, lost battle over the same ground, because in a way you're worse off if you think you won when you really lost.
      - dllthomas 13y ago
        Agreed. We need strategy as well as tactics, and we need to keep our attention trained.
lexcorvus 13y ago
mass surveillance... is always a violation of our inalienable human rights. Whenever I see something like this, I think of Inigo Montoya: Protestor: They're taking away our inalienable rights! Inigo: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

aaronem 13y ago

Because you can recognize distributed narcissism at thirty paces?