http://boingboing.net/2011/12/16/first-amendment-scholar-on-the.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 23:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/16/first-amendment-scholar-on-the.html#comment-1299072 Mimi Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134686#comment-1299072 Please sign this petition to STOP S.O.P.A: http://www.change.org/petitions/congress-do-not-pass-the-sopa-bill Please sign this petition to STOP S.O.P.A:
http://www.change.org/petitions/congress-do-not-pass-the-sopa-bill

]]> http://boingboing.net/2011/12/16/first-amendment-scholar-on-the.html#comment-1298960 bbguy1984 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134686#comment-1298960 I really get the feeling that SOPA will pass if only for the purpose of removing wikileaks from the internet as best as they forcibly can. I really get the feeling that SOPA will pass if only for the purpose of removing wikileaks from the internet as best as they forcibly can.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2011/12/16/first-amendment-scholar-on-the.html#comment-1298772 Gainclone Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134686#comment-1298772 How about SBPA? Stop Bathroom Privacy Act? Because who KNOWS what kind of illegal things people could be doing while alone in bathrooms! How about SBPA? Stop Bathroom Privacy Act? Because who KNOWS what kind of illegal things people could be doing while alone in bathrooms!

]]> http://boingboing.net/2011/12/16/first-amendment-scholar-on-the.html#comment-1298756 DyingAtheist Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134686#comment-1298756 I've been watching the arguments and voting live, and honestly it is sickening to watch. You have a tiny minority of voices who have a keen grasp of the failings of this bill up against a majority that is clearly clueless. It's horrifying to see insightful and well backed arguments shot down with no sense of due consideration. Some of the arguments are as simple as "It won't work, will break the internet, and all the experts overwhelmingly stand against it" but still they are met with a chorus of ignorance. I've heard no arguments in support of the bill that even attempt to undermine the arguments against. It is literally a case of "ignorant majority rules". I simply can't understand how this process isn't being torn to pieces by mainstream news.  Any five minute section of what I've seen today and yesterday could be used as a clear and concise example of the massive and laughable failure that SOPA has been from day one, and the failure of the US political system to prevent it being perpetrated upon us all. I’ve been watching the arguments and voting live, and honestly it is sickening to watch. You have a tiny minority of voices who have a keen grasp of the failings of this bill up against a majority that is clearly clueless. It’s horrifying to see insightful and well backed arguments shot down with no sense of due consideration. Some of the arguments are as simple as “It won’t work, will break the internet, and all the experts overwhelmingly stand against it” but still they are met with a chorus of ignorance. I’ve heard no arguments in support of the bill that even attempt to undermine the arguments against. It is literally a case of “ignorant majority rules”. I simply can’t understand how this process isn’t being torn to pieces by mainstream news.  Any five minute section of what I’ve seen today and yesterday could be used as a clear and concise example of the massive and laughable failure that SOPA has been from day one, and the failure of the US political system to prevent it being perpetrated upon us all.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2011/12/16/first-amendment-scholar-on-the.html#comment-1298705 Guest Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134686#comment-1298705 Corporations are made of people, lots and lots of poople. They're super citizens. Of course their rights supersede those of the common citizens. Corporations are made of people, lots and lots of poople. They’re super citizens. Of course their rights supersede those of the common citizens.

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