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Copyright [CBDTPA] Bill Universally Rejected
smcavoy writes " Globe Technology is carrying a article about the CBDTPA. "We haven't received one e-mail in support of the Hollings bill," said Judiciary Committee spokeswoman Mimi Devlin. "It seems like there's a groundswell of support from regular users." I wonder if the technology industry was pro CBDTPA, would we be hearing as many bad things about it, in the press?"
Sig: What Happened To The Censorware Project (censorware.org)
That's because a couple of f'ag-boys wrote some truly lame code to handle posting, lame filters, and so on. Last major revision even introduced some serious usability bugs that haven't been fixed yet...! Tossers. Wankers. Feltchers.
Look around you. Look at the laws and regulations that govern this country. Whether or not you think they are just, there are certainly an abundance of government initiatives (DMCA, USAPATRIOT, environment laws, corporate tax loopholes) that no amount of ground-swell, letter writing, grass-roots activism or "user input" could put a stop to.
Free clue: politicians only give a damn about your opinion on election day. The rest of the time they are just stringing you along, letting you feel like you are actually contributing to the governance of this country. You are not. You are being "handled."
Unless you can out-spend and out-lobby Hollywood or whatever other industry is trying to subvert your rights to further their bottom line, your opinion doesn't count.
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