an attempt to actually shut down those sites too, to prevent people from discussing stuff that may or may not be true. You never know.
Also yes, they blackout did have a good effect on changing peoples minds, just not the right people.
just wondering, did anyone happen to catch the official US statements made in regard to the "blackout"???
It read along the lines of "this act of service and knowledge denial in response to a bill passing likens to terrorism. There should not be people in control of such mass amounts of intelligence and the capability to spread it, and further proves the need for this law"
they literally shot themselves in the foot by doing this. sure it made people "aware" of the law. fuck look on my facebook, i said this was happening WEEKS AGO and spammed the fuck out of my wall with links warning about it, and half of my real life friends were still "OH MAN WHAT AM I GONNA DO WITHOUT REDDIT OR WIKIPEDIA MY HOMEWORK FUUUUCK" (don't even get me started on the shitstorm my feed was producing yesterday holy fuck) and some people called their state heads(a good move I'll give them that one) while others started spewing shit about online petitions and blah blah blah. I ask the same thing to everyone who thinks protesting will stop something quickly. "are you registered to vote" -- ' hell no that's a waste of time voting solves nothing' >> EXACT FUCKING STATEMENT. The first thing I did when I turned 18 was register to vote. And to any member of this forum who isn't registered, CHANGE THAT.
on the other hand, it SHOWED THE GOVERNMENT THE EXTENT OF THE FREEDOM ON THE INTERNET. Think -- "If they can do this whenever they want, WHAT ELSE CAN THEY DO". All in all, it was a bad move and cemented the need for such a thing. They are now scared of free information trade not being censored a la mainstream media news (hey guys did you hear about that iranian student murdered in houston mysteriously? no? oh right EVERY NEWS CHANNEL IS COVERING GOP24/7)
http://www.corbettreport.com/faking-it-how-the-media-manipulates-the-world-into-war/ read that. there is some shit going down. I know i sound paranoid, maybe I am, but the past few weeks I have been paying closer and closer attention to things. Times are changing and quick.
and as for every idiot who sent in an online petition or spammed email boxes, ONLINE PETITIONS DO NOTHING. you need REAL SIGNATURES not "oh i am emailing you from
[email protected] telling you way this is a bad bill and you should rethink this" thanks for wasting your time though.
yesistillmad
/rant