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"Draconian"? The us almost went this way a couple years ago with sopa.
by ASneakyFox 12y ago
"Draconian"? The us almost went this way a couple years ago with sopa.
- dspillett 12y agoAnd still might later as there are bills/amendments in motion that could if enacted and enforced result in the same level of control/monitoring/etc. The fact that the US nearly did something (and might manage to by the back door at some point soon) does not affect whether that something is considered draconian. It just means that the US nearly wrote into law something that many consider draconian.
- ivan_gammel 12y agoSOPA is not even close to this law in terms of the damage to the liberties.
- ASneakyFox 12y agoThe purpose of sopa was to censor websites from Americans. Same law same damage.
- dinkumthinkum 12y agoThat wasn't really the purpose of it, though the purpose may be just as bad, if not worse.
- scrollaway 12y agoAnd SOPA wasn't Draconian?
- jrockway 12y agoSOPA was a crazy bill floated by a few crazy politicians. It did not pass. This, as I understand it, is now law.
- PJDK 12y agoYeah, and I remember the whole internet being up in arms about it and getting it thrown out. Doesn't Russia deserve the same support?