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Exeres · Post by **Exeres** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:50 am

That's right up there with "Using post-9/11 paranoia to gather support for military campaigns." And by that I mean, certainly plausible.

BurntToShreds · Post by **BurntToShreds** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 10:47 am

I thought I read earlier in the thread that the NDAA bill only affects non-citizens in America? And the fact of the matter remains that agencies in-line with NDAA do not have infinite resources. They can't monitor the entire Internet or the entire country. They have to focus their resources towards potential threats, because spreading resources too thin would cripple their reaction time in case something bad actually does happen.

Syobon · Post by **Syobon** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 11:13 am

Syobon wrote:That was an amendment that got rejected.

Also, I don't get how giving themselves the right to indefinitely detain citizens of other countries is any better.

Syobon · Post by **Syobon** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 11:23 am

Politicians are douchebags and silently reschedule the SOPA bill vote for coming Wednesday. (Check the update on the bottom)

BurntToShreds · Post by **BurntToShreds** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 11:52 am

Goddammit.

I just don't understand why international authorities can't just shut down the Ppirate Bay. I mean, people KNOW about the website, and they know that it specializes in distributing content illegally, so why can't it be traced if it's such a "threat"?

Syobon · Post by **Syobon** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 11:58 am

That's what they did, the authorities in Sweden raided their servers in Stockholm. They just moved their servers somewhere else, rumor has it they even tried to buy their own island state. I don't know where they are right now, but probably somewhere where the authorities are unwilling to act against them.

Also, shutting down the Pirate Bay alone would accomplish nothing. There are dozens more websites that host torrents and shutting down one would just give opportunity for others to rise up.

BurntToShreds · Post by **BurntToShreds** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:06 pm

It's just not fair. I have no idea what I can do, and this bill drastically affects me.

Post by **Shad** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 1:41 pm

The Pirate Bay doesn't have illegal content only. I mean, strictly speaking it has no content at all.

Manadnock · Post by **Manadnock** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 3:13 pm

Any suggestions for how to best fight against the NDAA?

Post by **Spoony** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 3:16 pm

You'd better make an internet petition. Don't forget to tell all your friends on facebook, too.

Manadnock · Post by **Manadnock** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 4:17 pm

found one

http://www.change.org/petitions/petitio ... gal-s-1867

BurntToShreds · Post by **BurntToShreds** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 4:32 pm

Change.Org? Well I know they actually get things done, so signed.

Post by **Shad** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 1:16 pm

Meanwhile in Egypt, people get shot and beaten to death in the streets by the military.

Syobon · Post by **Syobon** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 1:23 pm

What the fuck.

Any word on what the UN is going to do about this?

Stranaton · Post by **Stranaton** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:32 pm

the UN will send an angry letter.

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