[lug] SOPA/PIPA withdrawn

[F.L. Whiteley]

The attorney board member in our local computer user group said it will be
repackaged with 'child pornography' and slicked through.  Even the BBC said
the US government needed increased powers to deal with operations like
megaupload.com (see NANOG list for more on that topic).  The problem then
and now is not more laws, but lack of enforcement of existing laws.  The
feds are applauding state AG's for going after securities and investment
fraudsters, which the SEC and FBI have failed miserably to do.

Frank Whiteley

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us 
> [mailto:lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us] On Behalf Of David L. Willson
> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 19:16
> To: Boulder (Colorado) Linux Users Group -- General Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [lug] SOPA/PIPA withdrawn
> 
> 
> To me, this is a little like celebrating blocking a kick to 
> the crotch while still being kicked in the face.
> 
> Washington, the BSA (Microsoft, et al), MPAA, and RIAA's 
> lobbyists are still there, "doing their jobs". We haven't 
> stopped them, we just blocked a kick and it took three 
> million people screaming "this is idiocy" to do it.
> 
> I'll celebrate when stupid ideas like this are simply outside 
> the federal government's jurisdiction.
> 
> <rant>
> AND we don't meddle in the affairs of sovereign nations in 
> ways we ourselves would not want
> AND the nation has a balanced budget which includes a plan to 
> significantly reduce the debt
> AND "doing your taxes" is simple, fair, and affordable
> AND our government stops "stimulating" the economy by 
> devaluing money and discouraging savings
> AND we the people begin to habitually enforce the limits on 
> their power, so that the idea of buying favors from 
> politicians is just silly
> </rant>
> 
> The root problem ain't fixed. This is a game of whack-a-mole 
> that we can't win while we encourage totalitarianism. (That's 
> when the power of the federal government is unlimited).
> 
> David L. Willson
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> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > Woohoo!
> > 
> > 
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46072484/ns/technology_and_science
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> 
> Rob
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