Dropping the Plate: On SOPA, PIPA and the Blackout
by Ryushikaze January 18, 2012 0 comments
The sector seven plate was dropped as a desperate act to crush a dissenting voice ShinRa could not control. While it was an act of retribution, it was also an act of censorship and of control by intimidation- it was to serve as a warning so that no one else would attempt the act again.
SOPA and PIPA, the proposed Internet Security acts currently in the US congress, also seek the ability to control the flow of information, to be able to control and censor the information online, and this could be extremely problematic for website reliant on information that originates from other sources, including and especially this one.
Even in the reduced forms, these bills are dangerous and set a terrible precedent as far as free speech rights are concerned.
There is, however, a shiny golden wire of hope. Many sites, including Wikipedia, Google, Boingboing, and countless blogs, are going dark today as a form of protest against these bills, to demonstrate the terrible repercussions the ability to censor the internet would have. Many sites are urging their readers to contact their own congress members and urge them to vote against the bill.
We urge you to do the same. This bill would not just affect this site, it would affect us all, both here in the US and with possible aftereffects abroad as well.
So, The Lifestream stands with the Blackout and Against SOPA and PIPA, for a free and uncensored internet.
We just hope you stand with us all too.
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Nice angle there Ryu, with the plate crash and the shiny golden wire of hope. Very clever.
haha Very excellent post. 🙂
You see. We haven’t been having server problems. It’s just solidarity!
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Nicely written article, Ryu. I actually e-mailed both NY senators on the subject pleading for them to vote against it. As it is, they both are in support of it :/
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