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Wikipedia to Shut Down on Wednesday to Protest SOPA

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Re: Wikipedia to Shut Down on Wednesday to Protest SOPA

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Post by LoneWolf » Wed, Jan 18, 2012, 11:38 AM UTC

zerop wrote: post #170

Wikipedia shutting down is not good news..Its very useful and needed everyday...May be they can make the each page load delayed by 1 minute or so to mark the protest....

I agree with you, I needed to read some articles for quick information reminder but I CANT. While I agree that SOPA/PIPA should not be passed, and that the protest may be a good way to show everyone disagrees, closing the websites like this is pretty bad for the users I think they should allow people to read the articles.

Re: Wikipedia to Shut Down on Wednesday to Protest SOPA

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Post by EGreg » Thu, Jan 19, 2012, 6:27 AM UTC

ars wrote: post #148

cgag wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think he represents me, but I think he'd actually represent the values of the people who vote for him, which I think is more than I can say about any other candidates.

No he wouldn't. He would represent his own values which differ greatly from the vast majority of citizens. And he would run into the exact same reality as Obama.

I just think that when Americans' main hope to reform their system is a 76 year old guy running for president, there is a bigger problem.

Granted, this guy is an ideologically pure multi term congressman loved by many people. But if Obama got gray hair from 4 years, I can only imagine what the congress is gonna do to this fiery fellow...

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