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Mudderoy
01-17-2012, 07:45 PM
http://hitechanalogy.com/wp-content/uploads/no_sopa.png

xjtalk will be participating in an online protest of two pending bills in congress. We feel that these bills are far to restrictive and basically gives the U.S. government the right to do what the Chinese government does to it's population, sensor what they can and cannot see on the Internet.

Please take the time to read about this very real threat to the Internet and our forums. Consider contacting your congressmen and tell them NO to SOPA or PIPA!

:link: (http://sopacountdown.com/)

xjtalk.com will be going black on Jan 18th in protest as this is what the U.S. government can do to xjtalk if either one of these bills are signed into legislation.

msmoorenburg
01-18-2012, 01:51 PM
Noooooo!!!!
http://i.qkme.me/35ap0n.jpg

Mudderoy
01-18-2012, 01:52 PM
hacker!

msmoorenburg
01-18-2012, 02:09 PM
Shoot someone at least needs to try :)

cantab27
01-18-2012, 08:52 PM
what about sister site tony?????

Mudderoy
01-19-2012, 04:32 AM
what about sister site tony?????

Didn't think anyone would notice! :sad0147: :smiley-laughing021:

Mudderoy
01-19-2012, 04:48 AM
An email I received from a SOPA PIPA blackout organizer...


Today was nuts, right?

Google launched a petition. Wikipedia voted to shut itself off. Senators' websites went down just from the sheer surge of voters trying to write them. NYC and SF geeks had protests that packed city blocks.

You made history today: nothing like this has ever happened before. Tech companies and users teamed up. Tens of millions of people who make the internet what it is joined together to defend their freedoms. The free network defended itself. Whatever you call it, the bottom line is clear: from today forward, it will be much harder to mess up the internet.

The really crazy part? We might even win.

Approaching Monday's crucial Senate vote there are now 35 Senators publicly opposing PIPA. Last week there were 5. And it just takes just 41 solid "no" votes to permanently stall PIPA (and SOPA) in the Senate. What seemed like miles away a few weeks ago is now within reach.

But don't trust predictions. The forces behind SOPA & PIPA (mostly movie companies) can make small changes to these bills until they know they have the votes to pass. Members of Congress know SOPA & PIPA are unpopular, but they don't understand why--so they're easily duped by superficial changes. The Senate returns next week, and the next few days are critical. Here are two things to think about:

1. Plan on calling your Senator every day next week. Pick up the phone each morning and call your Senators' offices, until they vote "no" on cloture. If your site participated today, consider running a "Call the Senate" link all next week.

2. Tomorrow, drop in at your Senators' district offices. We don't have a cool map widget to show you the offices nearest you (we're too exhausted! any takers?). So do it the old fashioned way: use Google, or the phonebook to find the address, and just walk in, say you oppose PIPA, and urge the Senator to vote "no" on cloture. These drop-in visits make our spectacular online protests more tangible and credible.

That's it for now. Be proud and stay on it!

--Holmes, Tiffiniy, and the whole Fight for the Future team.

___

P.S. Huge credit goes to participants in the 11/16 American Censorship Day protest: Mozilla, 4chan, BoingBoing, Tumblr, TGWTG, and thousands of others. That's what got this ball rolling! Reddit, both the community and the team behind it, you're amazing. And of course, thanks to the Wikimedians whose patient and inexorable pursuit of the right answer brought them to take world-changing action. Thanks to David S, David K, Cory D, and E Stark for bold action at critical times.

P.P.S. If you haven't already, show this video to as many people as you can. It works! http://fightforthefuture.org/pipa/

Carves
01-19-2012, 04:54 AM
aahhhhh ... the land of the free and the brave ... :D


Welcome to the nanny state world some of us already live in .... :rolleyes:

.... our criminals are protesting from jail roof tops that they arent given wobbly head toothbrushes and pay tv channels .... bet the govt would like that censored ... :rolleyes:


Please stay on line .... coz if ya dont .... I'll have no reason, not to go finish the side fence and chook pen ....

:D:D

Mudderoy
01-19-2012, 04:55 AM
aahhhhh ... the land of the free and the brave ... :D


Welcome to the nanny state world some of us already live in .... :rolleyes:

.... our criminals are protesting from jail roof tops that they arent given wobbly head toothbrushes and pay tv channels .... bet the govt would like that censored ... :rolleyes:


Please stay on line .... coz if ya dont .... I'll have no reason, not to go finish the side fence and chook pen ....

:D:D

lol how many things would get done if there was no internet, hell just consider the population explosion alone! :mel:

prerunner1982
01-19-2012, 01:02 PM
SOPA PIPA... put it together and it almost sounds like sopapilla. Mmmm desert...:tongueroll:

I hope more of the senators come to their senses or census (pun intended). :poke::timeout::nutts::fighting0029::toothorn:

Mudderoy
01-19-2012, 01:06 PM
SOPA PIPA... put it together and it almost sounds like sopapilla. Mmmm desert...:tongueroll:

I hope more of the senators come to their senses or census (pun intended). :poke::timeout::nutts::fighting0029::toothorn:

Call of Duty III "What kind of a name is SOPA?!?!?"

4.3LXJ
01-19-2012, 01:27 PM
lol how many things would get done if there was no internet, hell just consider the population explosion alone! :mel:

There is too much truth to that one Tony. The BBC went back to late night programing when they noticed the birth rate went up drastically.:rolleye0012: