I guess Senate leader Harry Reid read my blog yesterday, because early today, he decided to kill the controversial SOPA bill, which would have destroyed the internet. Now I know of course that my strongly worded rant that I posted had absolutely nothing to do with the pulling of the bill, but it was pretty damn good timing. Haha. Truthfully, if the senate had read my blog, they probably would have passed it just to spite me and bring a lawsuit against me for posting the URL for the pirate bay site. LOL.
In fact, for the first time in a long time, America's protests and outrage were heard and actually taken into account, which is very surprising seeing as all these "Occupy" protest that have been going on around the country only seem to end in innocent people getting maced while using their 1st amendment rights to free speech, and the right to peaceful protest......Anyways, the amount of controversy and mass protest this bill stirred up was one of the biggest in American History. I read that over 100,000 websites participated in a anti-SOPA blackout this week, including the the big name sites. Plus, I'm sure as the vote date was getting closer, some of these senators started reading the bill a bit more carefully and realized, "Hey, wait a second, how am I supposed to get new music and watch movies now? There's no way I'm paying for this shit!" On top of that, they wouldn't be able to download any more free porn. HAHAHA. Just kidding.....Maybe.
I am very happy with the Senate's decision to pull the bill. It has nothing to do with downloading music or movies illegally, it's because the person who wrote the bill did not think of the ramifications of the bills actions, and how it would have drove an already severely crippled American Economy even further into this hole. Trust me though, this is not the last we will hear of this fight against online piracy, because Harry Reid said himself today that the bill needs to be completely revised to better specify the actual enforcement policies and effectiveness of it. I really hope that when the law is reintroduced, that they get the advice and council of an actual computer, and internet communications specialist to eliminate the possibility of innocent people being chastised and criminalized due to lack of knowledge or mistakes.
So I'm sure you're probably expecting me to start typing in bold letters with lots of exclamation points now, to signal my anger and outrage like I always do.......WELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.........................................
I'm not feeling like that today. For the time being, I have nothing to be angry or rant about. I feel pride in the American people for coming together in the millions to share their opinions, and sway our countries leaders into making a decision, without even having to submit votes. It makes me proud to be part of this country, and gives me a little more insight into just how many people actually do pay attention to what's going on. I also applaud Sen. Harry Reid, and all the other Senators who listened and opposed this bill. It's things like this that give the American people some hope that there are still some politicians out there that actually care about the well being of this nations people and economy.
So sorry it's not my usual foul mouthed banter, if that's what you were hoping for. However, I will end this post by saying.....EVERYBODY START DOWNLOADING SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Just playing...That shit's illegal. haha
That's good that they killed the proposed bill. I think it was a really bad idea to start with.To many loops holes and grey areas. This proposed bill wasnt born because of money, it was born because of control. Government would have been bitting the hand that feeds them. Those same people that are taking advantage of piracy are also blogging and streaming, and much more. Giving actors, singers, the president, even politians billions of dollars of free press. Also the companys that are sponsoring and endorsing these stupid politians at some point have benifited from the free press, and any press is good press. Dumb, dumb, dumb. Not to mention that piracy came in result from the poverty on behalf of the government, people wanted to enjoy what the government in there selfish ways made sure we couldnt afford. I'm glad to see the stupid thing go.
ReplyDeleteThank you for commenting Bri. I totally agree with you, this law was an example of government greed and lack of modern knowledge at it's finest. The TX. Senator who proposed this law is just an old conservative who probably doesn't even know how to get on the internet. The majority of these senators are way past their prime, and I mean age wise, so a limited and censored internet probably wouldn't affect some of them, because they didn't have internet when they were young when they had to walk 10 miles in the rain and snow to school. HAHA. But honestly, I'd be willing to bet, that a lot of the senators who backed up this bill had some sort of financial influence from outside parties who are affected(very slightly) by pirating, such as celebrities or musicians. Not saying that it was necessarily a flat out bribe, but maybe a promise at a hefty donation during their next re-election campaigns.
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