SOPA Postponed "Indefinitely"

[Little Duck]

I'm sorry. He keeps using "foreign thieves" but he seems to want to steal the whole internet from the whole world.

 

[The Artificially Prolonged]

I really hope I'm not the only one who starts seeing a little red when the phrase "foreign thieves" gets thrown about.

[sub][sub]Yes yes, I know, "you're never the only one". Shut the fuck up, it's a figure of speech.[/sub][/sub]

After all, it's not like any American has ever engaged in a spot of piracy, and of course that fucking clown knows it. He's just trying to leverage a bit of good ol' xenophobia, the miserable, rotten little... grrr...

As I said in a pervious thread I also resent the sentiment that no good old american apple pie eaters pirate anything ever. It just blatant anti foreigner scare mongering to drum up some public support for this horrible legislation.

Good riddance sopa. This time stay dead.

 

[Evil Smurf]

is'n't job creator code for rich asshole?

 

[Valok]

There's nothing like the smell of victory in the morning.. (for now)

Anyway, yeah, the hole foreign dirty thieves thing is starting to get annoying.

 

[sunburst]

I think I find the flagrantly xenophobic language being used by SOPA and PIPA supporters even more disturbing than the proposed censorship. I guess everyone warmed up by yelling about Mexicans stealing our jobs and now we're ready to jump back into full-blown nativism.

 

[Disasterpiece Press]

SOPA Postponed "Indefinitely"

"The theft of America's intellectual property costs the U.S. economy more than $100 billion annually and results in the loss of thousands of American jobs. Congress cannot stand by and do nothing while American innovators and job creators are under attack."

What about all of the other businesses that outsource their jobs to foreign countries because it so damn cheap to do so? Why not spend your time creating a bill that will tax the shit out of these corporations and give them tax breaks for creating jobs here if you are so goddamn concerned about the job market?
OH WAIT, I FORGOT
these corporations own your twisted rotting fucking souls.
I wish we could agree that this country is run by evil, not vote and demand to start over from scratch.

 

[Disasterpiece Press]

I think I find the flagrantly xenophobic language being used by SOPA and PIPA supporters even more disturbing than the proposed censorship. I guess everyone warmed up by yelling about Mexicans stealing our jobs and now we're ready to jump back into full-blown nativism.

But how can the Mexicans steal our jobs if these "foreign thieves" are robbing our economy of the means to create them in the first place?
Oh god, this is the paradox that Doc Brown always warned us about!!

 

[Jodah]

I think I find the flagrantly xenophobic language being used by SOPA and PIPA supporters even more disturbing than the proposed censorship. I guess everyone warmed up by yelling about Mexicans stealing our jobs and now we're ready to jump back into full-blown nativism.

But how can the Mexicans steal our jobs if these "foreign thieves" are robbing our economy of the means to create them in the first place?
Oh god, this is the paradox that Doc Brown always warned us about!!

If you'll excuse me I'll be in my paradox proof bunker waiting for the world to explode!

OT: Good, now maybe we can solve the real problems. Like firing Congress. All of it...from a cannon...into the Sun...

 

[Auesis]

Every time I see "foreign thieves" I want to punch my screen. Don't ever come back, SOPA. Burn in the hottest pits of hell, along with the intolerant, dithering old Lamar Smith.

 

[Hitchmeister]

"Okay, let's see if we can't go back and draft a law that might actually achieve some of the intended goals without stomping all over due process and crippling the internet." Words I'd hope, but sincerely doubt, are being spoken somewhere in the halls of congress.

 

[Zipa]

This is great news though we shouldn't ever let our guards down.

 

[Twilight_guy]

Hum, that raises another question, how powerful is Wikipedia? If they decide to support a bill and threaten shutting down could they theoretically pass anything?

 

[CrazyGirl17]

HA! Take that you jackass! It might be a bit to early to celebrate... but I feel good that at least the protests are getting some attention...

 

[Zen Toombs]

Props, friend.

OT: Huzzah, and much rejoicing! The SOPA is dead, long die the SOPA!

[sub]okay, so turning "long live the king" on it's head didn't turn out so well. too late, i'm already pressing the button![/sub]

 

[dickywebster]

So if there is so much out cry against it, why not scrap it and start anew if you are that concerned about what people think?
This just seems like a move the british government has pulled before, claim the bill will be put on hold then sneak it throguh while no ones looking, if thats possible with the american system that is.
Besides, there was no way america could basically police the internet, oh sorry i mean american businesses could police the internet, i doubt most countries would be willing to let america mess around with the parts of the internet based outside america, let alone leave america in charge of the lot.
Oh and just out of interest, the american government, haven't you got that big global recession to fix that it seems your country caused, not try and burn cash trying to control the internet?

 

[Alcamonic]

Which are these highly-theoretical "thousands of jobs" that suddenly vanish because of piracy alone (because nothing else make people lose their jobs).?

 

[Zydrate]

Wasn't it just postponed indefinitely a couple days ago, then brought back?

Call me skeptical, but...

No. It was 'shelved', then they said they were going to relook it in February.

But then the Blackout happened. It worked.