WhiteHouse.gov petition to stop E-Parasite/SOPA

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Re: WhiteHouse.gov petition to stop E-Parasite/SOPA

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Post by tikhonj » Fri, Nov 18, 2011, 2:04 AM UTC

Heh, I got there, looked my password up in Gmail and was all ready to sign the petition and then... turns out I signed it a while ago and forgot. I love it when I act consistently without realizing it.

I also love seeing this on HN--improving awareness of this issue is of utmost importance.

Re: WhiteHouse.gov petition to stop E-Parasite/SOPA

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Nov 18, 2011, 2:04 AM UTC

stuartjmoore wrote: post #2

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/stop-e-para... Working link (for me at least).

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Re: WhiteHouse.gov petition to stop E-Parasite/SOPA

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Post by grandalf » Fri, Nov 18, 2011, 2:09 AM UTC

nice stunt. maybe a statement against this a month ago would have been appropriate, but waiting till after its dead?

Re: WhiteHouse.gov petition to stop E-Parasite/SOPA

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Post by redthrowaway » Fri, Nov 18, 2011, 2:15 AM UTC

Have we all not yet come to the conclusion that the white house petition board is a rarely-checked suggestion box with the minute chance an intern might post a formulaic and meaningless response?

Re: WhiteHouse.gov petition to stop E-Parasite/SOPA

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Post by lurchpop » Fri, Nov 18, 2011, 3:05 AM UTC

from a redditor: "I heard that when a petition gets enough signatures the president will personally print it out and wipe his ass with it."

Re: WhiteHouse.gov petition to stop E-Parasite/SOPA

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Post by mtigas » Fri, Nov 18, 2011, 3:12 AM UTC

grandalf wrote: post #7

nice stunt. maybe a statement against this a month ago would have been appropriate, but waiting till after its dead?

It's not dead yet: While introduced last month, Wednesday was just the first hearing regarding HR3261. The House Judiciary Committee will reconvene on it in a few weeks. (http://staff.tumblr.com/post/12930076128/a-historic-thing) It's more widely known thanks to yesterday's mass movement, but the bill is still far from what anyone could call "dead."