Say No to Internet Censorship!

Humerox · #1 10-18-2010, 05:44 PM

So...there's a new bill being considered at this very moment that will give the Attorney General's office a heavy fist in denying Americans complete freedom in accessing the Internet.

Help stop this crap.

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**Rogean** · #2 10-18-2010, 07:47 PM

The article starts off with the fact that the president is urging other countries to stop their censorship. This means that even if congress wanted to pass a bill for our own censorship... the president would veto it.

Crover_CT99 · #3 10-18-2010, 07:51 PM

Nevermind.

Aum · #4 10-18-2010, 07:57 PM

Eh, election year is not that far away. He's not stupid enough to allow something that would upset such a large group of the public to go through.

Humerox · #5 10-18-2010, 08:34 PM

Read up on ACTA guys. There's a reason you probably haven't heard of it, and the reason ain't good. Back door executive agreements that circumvent Congress and that are kept secret from the public generally aren't a good thing.

ACTA and these bills are designed to satisfy the media conglomerates...and could affect our EQEMU.

Before you guys poo-poo it, read about it. You might be surprised. If you don't think it's serious, I promise you you're wrong.

Just trying to get everyone aware here. No skin off my back if people don't listen.

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Thrynn · #6 10-18-2010, 10:05 PM

90% of What the Federal Government does is unconstitutional, if not more. If people actually read the Constitution and understood it, people would be angry enough to do something about it.

Glaani · #7 10-18-2010, 10:48 PM

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90% of What the Federal Government does is unconstitutional, if not more. If people actually read the Constitution and understood it, people would be angry enough to do something about it.

Some examples, please?

Nikon · #8 10-19-2010, 01:52 AM

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90% of What the Federal Government does is unconstitutional, if not more. If people actually read the Constitution and understood it, people would be angry enough to do something about it.

I don't know about the validity of that percentage, but anyone that doesn't work for the Federal Government and legally doesn't pay income taxes can attest to fact that a lot of the Fed's actions are questionable as far as legality. Little is done because as an American, it is each individual's legal responsibility to keep themselves informed. The the justice system assumes you're informed, and if you don't raise a voice to what they are doing, then they will most likely do it. The trick is that its incredibly difficult to stay "informed" and active while living an average working-class lifestyle. In the end people either don't know or they just don't care.

Nedala · #9 10-19-2010, 11:35 AM

Just want to say the censorship in american TV is so fucking ridiculous! No tits in public tv...WTF?

And they also censoring bad words...just sad.

Messianic · #10 10-21-2010, 09:45 AM

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Just want to say the censorship in american TV is so fucking ridiculous! No tits in public tv...WTF?

And they also censoring bad words...just sad.

We may censor bad words or tits, but at least we don't censor political speech. You decide which is worse.

That's something I can't say with absolute certainty of European nations and definitely can't say of Asia.