Dude, I read 'V for Vendetta' years and YEARS before there was even discussion about the movie, and let me be crystal clear: the mask was in the graphic novel from the beginning. You either misunderstood the quote you keep mentioning, or it was just wrong.
"""Larry Downes has a great piece over at Forbes making this point and tracing back who really "stopped" SOPA and PIPA (full disclaimer: Downes gives me unnecessarily nice billing in the piece, providing too much credit for my early coverage of the bills)."""
Mike, maybe you just don't realize how much credit you deserve. When your stories are regularly featured on slashdot, you are reaching a LOT of people. When you keep hammering on how bad all of these stupid bills are, people cannot help but take a bit of notice.
Personally, I think you played a very big part in getting these bills (at least temporarily) shut down. For that sir, I salute you. Keep up the good fight, and thanks for all of your hard work!
"""Even worse, let's compare the two platforms: SOPA/PIPA supporters completely own TV. But TV is a broadcast medium. They could put on whatever propaganda they wanted, and there'd be no way to guarantee a right to a response on TV."""
Saw the first t.v. commercial encouraging us to support SOPA this weekend. Made me gag a little.
"""But make no mistake, these congressfolk aren't anti-copyright, they are aware the internet is being abused to accomplish rampant copyright infringement with impunity, and that they are going to have to deal with it very soon."""
Pssst... you might have missed it in your shill handbook, but you people don't call it copyright infringement, you call it theft.
Because you neglected to enforce that mis-stereotype, your post is almost reasonable, except where you call half of the internet liars.
For a long time I've been in a very cynical mindset, but I've got to admit that seeing these amazing acts of selflessness on the parts of the participating websites has truly restored a small bit of my lost faith in humanity.
Oh, and screw you AC1, there is no perceived need, PIPA/SOPA and all the rest are blatant power grabs, nothing else. We all know it, so why don't you just stop pretending?
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And here's your first "whooosh!"
On the post: Once More, With Feeling: It Wasn't Silicon Valley Or Google That Stopped SOPA/PIPA, It Was The Internet
Too much credit? I don't think so.
Mike, maybe you just don't realize how much credit you deserve. When your stories are regularly featured on slashdot, you are reaching a LOT of people. When you keep hammering on how bad all of these stupid bills are, people cannot help but take a bit of notice.
Personally, I think you played a very big part in getting these bills (at least temporarily) shut down. For that sir, I salute you. Keep up the good fight, and thanks for all of your hard work!
On the post: Georgia Lawmaker Looking To Make Photoshopping Heads On Naked Bodies Illegal
Arrested!
On the post: Bill Maher Comes Out In Support Of SOPA/PIPA Despite Knowing Nothing About The Bills
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amidoinitrite?
On the post: Bill Maher Comes Out In Support Of SOPA/PIPA Despite Knowing Nothing About The Bills
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On the post: Major Media Owning SOPA/PIPA Supporters Whine That They Had No Way To Have Their Message Heard
Strike the 'could', they DID
Saw the first t.v. commercial encouraging us to support SOPA this weekend. Made me gag a little.
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Pssst... you might have missed it in your shill handbook, but you people don't call it copyright infringement, you call it theft.
Because you neglected to enforce that mis-stereotype, your post is almost reasonable, except where you call half of the internet liars.
On the post: Translating Chris Dodd's Sanctimonious Bluster On Internet Protests Into English
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To the trolls: keep protesting, you've got us on the ropes!
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Don't forget 'stealing stealers' and 'thefty thiefers' in your hyperbolic analysis!
On the post: Google Goes Big With Its SOPA/PIPA Protests; Blacks Out Logo
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On the post: Lamar Smith & MPAA Brush Off Wikipedia Blackout As Just A Publicity Stunt
Lamar has my respect
Also, he's got balls the size of kumquats.
On the post: Lamar Smith & MPAA Brush Off Wikipedia Blackout As Just A Publicity Stunt
Re: Menacing implication?
On the post: UK PC Gaming Site Rock, Paper, Shotgun To Join SOPA Protest By Going Dark Tomorrow
A small bit of faith
Oh, and screw you AC1, there is no perceived need, PIPA/SOPA and all the rest are blatant power grabs, nothing else. We all know it, so why don't you just stop pretending?
On the post: It's Official: Wikipedia To Go Dark On Wednesday
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On the post: ICE Propaganda Film Pats Itself On The Back For Censoring The Web; Promises Much More To Come
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On the post: Study Confirms: News Networks Owned By SOPA Supporters... Are Ignoring SOPA/PIPA
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With truths like that, who needs lies?
On the post: How Senator Wyden's PIPA Filibuster Will Work, And What Harry Reid Will Try To Do To Kill It
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Everyone knows the REAL trolls lurk at /b/
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Perhaps because most of them ADMIT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
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