sopa - pipa

[LaNeK779]

i see that none has raised the point... and i'd like to put it a bit "sideways" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

we are having a good laugh out of it over here, especially with the "pipa" part, which sounds exactly like a slang word we have for... ehm... oral exercises

"sopa" means just "be quiet", so it is fairly innocent

[soforene]

Nice to see that someone is making a stand against the further erosion of liberties.
Niot that it will make a blind bit of difference as they'll continue to tread all over the public to pander to the corporates will (and money).

[flecom]

Nice to see that someone is making a stand against the further erosion of liberties.
Niot that it will make a blind bit of difference as they'll continue to tread all over the public to pander to the corporates will (and money).

further proof that our government is no longer "for the people"

[White-Light]

[flecom]

last I checked things were not all rosy over there either

[FourDee]

http://www.xkcd.com

XKCD as well ...

[colouredmirrorball]

The fuck is this:
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3261/money

Is that really a list of how much money your senators and representatives received for voting against/in favor of a bill? Maybe I'm just being European but that's just plain corruption!

[White-Light]

last I checked things were not all rosy over there either

Very true:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...to-Jordan.html

[flecom]

Very true:

I thought the UK didn't play with the others in that whole EU cluster fuck?

[dsli_jon]

En español, sopa = 'soup', y pipa = 'pipe'... so: 'Congress, put down the (crack) pipe and don't piss in the soup!! Mono-cerote cabrones!

Really, the entire corporate-lobbyist war-machine needs to be sent the gas-chamber... Anyone see the documentary-flick "Inside Job"? (..no, not about '9-11'..) - excellent, but it will *boil your blood*... Ugh, don't get me started... the whole 'system' needs to be wiped..

j

[mixedgas]

I thought this thread was about the lovely Pippa, she of the tight white dress.

Hey whats that black SUV in the driveway .. Argh.. Pippa is suing me....

This piece of legislation goes too far...

Steve

[chad]

Lessons learned today.
1) The old ways are dying, adapt or become irrelevant.
2) People have had enough of getting eternally screwed everywhere they turn.
3) Don't fuck with the internet.
4) To the house,senate,president: ignore the nerds at your own peril. We are watching you more closely.

Today was much more than just a Protest against two shitty bills trying to be ramrodded through by bought and paid for " representatives" this was a sea change in how congress has to respond to the Internet in general. It is an extension of the occupy wall street movement on one side and the tea party on the other. The kettle is starting to boil. It is transcending petty partisan bs and because of the intertubes it is going to get harder to screw us without us knowing about it.

This has crystallized for a lot of new people just how sleazy the lobbyist and hooker relationship really is.

Chad

[masterpj]

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I am against SOPA and PIPA

[planters]

This is not so much an issue of lobbyists, protesters etc. because they are just a response to the overwhelmingly intrusive, non-constitutional activities of the federal government. MUCH of what the U.S. government does is simply not authorized by the constitution. The whole subject of a variance and FDA approval is based on the need to placate a big, powerful organization, but there is no legal justification for the existence of the organization itself ! The internet represents a threat to any entity that maintains its power thru the ignorance of its activities and as such will remain under attack despite these attempts by Wikipedia et al to defend it. The greatest threat comes from small incremental intrusions justified in the name of security and fairness; the two, often quoted excuses for control and retribution in the downward path to socialism. So there!

[dsli_jon]

..So there!

Well spoke...

Here's another 'live wire', but this, too, will boil yer blood...



j