I’m uncertain how effective the Wikipedia blackout truly was. Most people who’ve mentioned it to me saw it as a massive inconvenience and little more. That’s a shame, because a some lessons are being lost there.
- SOPA is a bad bill, and one with potentially dire consequences for the entire internet.
- At least one major pillar of the online community was willing to step up to protest it.
- Most people don’t care and would rather not be bothered. They had to endure 24 hours being deprived of a resource for which they pay nothing, and for which there are alternatives.
I hope just a small fraction of those folks will actually follow up and research the bill. If even some people choose to get active about it, all the better.
Speaking of which, those of us in Georgia really need to reconsider our choices in representation. Both Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss are cosponsors of the Senate version. Both men also voted for S. 1867. Remember that one? Chambliss has until 2014, and Isakson until 2016, but I won’t be forgetting this.
Phil Gingrey is supporting the House version, and he is up for reelection this year. I’ll vote for a Democrat who respects his constituents before I will a Republican who sells them out.
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Both Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, the Senators from California, support this bill. I think both of them have been thoroughly corrupted. At least my Representative is against it.