Board 8 > Bringing out the big guns against SOPA

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http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57349540-281/sopa-opponents-may-go-nuclear-and-other-2012-predictions/?tag=mncol;topStories

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pfft, as if Congress cares at all about the opinions of the unwashed masses

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For a second there I thought an actual news company mentioned SOPA

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... oh, that'd be fun to watch~!

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Can you imagine if Facebook, Google, and Youtube all decided to "shut down" one day and replaced their sites with anti-SOPA pages?

The fallout would be glorious.

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From: HeroDelTiempo17 | #005
Can you imagine if Facebook, Google, and Youtube all decided to "shut down" one day and replaced their sites with anti-SOPA pages?

The fallout would be glorious.

If only they had the balls!

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They are actually considering it according to the article.

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The fallout would be glorious.

either that or, you know, nothing would happen at all

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I'm pretty sure FB being down for awhile would f*** quite a few people up.

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From: LowCalorieH2O | #009
I'm pretty sure FB being down for awhile would f*** quite a few people up.

Regular people, yes.

Congressmen, nah, not really.

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do not question if google has the balls.
google can, and will act on it. make no mistake about it - THAT is the biggest company in the world, and it is a company that you do not mess with.

remember that youtube is google. android? google. when you're about 60% of the smartphone/tablet market, the go-to site for everything, the biggest email provider, the 2nd biggest browser, AND well as the biggest piece of centralized media on the web, you can dick everyone.

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...though really, while we knew google would go hard against this, i see why they've been quiet. it's a pretty big deal to grab guys like amazon, yahoo (despite their stupidity they're still pretty huge), ebay, facebook (this one also was expected to rebel), and craiglist. glad to see the big guys are taking this head on.

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I would be astounded if Google and FB had the balls to shut down for even five minutes and replace their pages with anti-SOPA stuff, though I would love to see it.

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I hope they do it, that'd be a pretty awesome way to get the message across.

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i wouldn't be surprised if google did it. sopa is pretty much the exact opposite that they want. if their goal is to archive the universe, sopa's their direct opposition.

and facebook has consistently been in favor of open details, much to the annoyance of some of its users.

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From: SmartMuffin | #010
Regular people, yes.

Congressmen, nah, not really.

What if they did it on Election Day with specialized lists based on your area of who to go vote out?

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From: JaKyL25 | #016
What if they did it on Election Day with specialized lists based on your area of who to go vote out?

Would be kinda late by then...

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From: JaKyL25 | #016
What if they did it on Election Day with specialized lists based on your area of who to go vote out?

You're assuming that these elections will pit a pro-SOPA candidate against an anti-SOPA candidate. Not likely!

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Okay the day before Election Day then, for 2 days. <_<

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