Considering that term has been censored by the great firewall, I'd say chinese authorities certainly have motive, means, and opportunity to arrest people over it.
As far as conviction goes I'm not sure either way since I'm not familiar with due process over there, or lack thereof.
The elite are never going to let go of the advantage they have, and they will use their political influence to veto anything that might take away their power.
Raising taxes on the rich would save everyone money, even the rich.
With the tax burden lifted from the middle class, they'd keep more of their earnings and spend more, and the rich folks would more than make up in extra business what they lose in taxes.
Plus, shifting the tax burden to the rich will save the government money when they trim down the IRS a bit.
The fact that the rich so strongly oppose it tells me one of two things:
A) They're knee-jerkers that can't see past the immediate benefits B) They care more about keeping everyone else poor than being rich themselves.
It's "Vote my way or I'll take this truck of money I was going to give you, and I'll give it to anyone who runs against you. And don't piss me off or I'll make sure you never get a job in the private sector again."
Corruption isn't just about carrots, there's sticks on the table too.
That will only work if they actually fear the voters.
I think that when this thing passes many politicians will find themselves lined up with cushy private sector jobs working for the companies that paid them off to pass the damn thing.
Flipping the fucking board and walking away from the cheating little shit won't work.
For one, thanks to corporate corruption of regulatory agencies, it's rather akin to trying to play a game that is not only rigged, but is hosted in a convention where local security is on the cheater's payroll, and you either get screwed or you get kicked out.
Back in the real world this means getting arrested, sued, banned from TV, and whatever else.
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I'm surprised a warrant hasn't been issued for his arrest.
There's nothing wrong with being rich as long as you don't try to keep other people poor.
Here's a hint.
Medicine isn't the only thing you need to study.
You also have to rub elbows with the same people whose market share you're going to be taking a bite out of.
Elitism I don't mind so much.
It's the exclusiveness, keeping others down.
Someone on top should be reaching down with a hand, not shoving down with a boot.
The fact that the regulators are on the take with bribes perhaps?
Remember that lobbying has an ROI of %22,000
Trust me, if a big company does something, it's either legal already for them, or is about to be as soon as they send their lobbyists to DC.
Large corporations effectively have sovereign immunity.
Considering that term has been censored by the great firewall, I'd say chinese authorities certainly have motive, means, and opportunity to arrest people over it.
As far as conviction goes I'm not sure either way since I'm not familiar with due process over there, or lack thereof.
With MAFIAA lawyers now staffing the DOJ I don't think that either of those groups are for sale anymore.
Can't the feds just order the registry to nuke the master record?
DNSSEC won't prevent SOPA from being enforced.
The registries holding the authoritative records can still be compelled to change the master data they send.
Actually, what's to stop SOPA from going after verisign and telling them to change the zone info directly?
DNSSEC only authenticates.
But it doesn't stop a legal process from changing the authoritative information itself.
Yeah yeah right right.
Nice way to distract everyone from SOPA isn't it?
How about
"They've already made up their minds, are fat on bribes, and are just looking for an excuse to be able to claim they passed it fair and square."
Let me put it this way.
The elite are never going to let go of the advantage they have, and they will use their political influence to veto anything that might take away their power.
Economics is defined by rules.
Once the rules themselves are for sale, you have meta economics, and not just regular economics.
We already lost the game.
The corruptocrats have got a deathgrip on the one thing that can exterminate it, and they aren't going to let go.
They have already demonstrated
A, they don't give a crap what we have to say
B, they are willing to use force to hold onto their power
They have to discuss SOPA to placate the fury of an angry public.
Not to mention the referees are on their payroll.
Raising taxes on the rich would save everyone money, even the rich.
With the tax burden lifted from the middle class, they'd keep more of their earnings and spend more, and the rich folks would more than make up in extra business what they lose in taxes.
Plus, shifting the tax burden to the rich will save the government money when they trim down the IRS a bit.
The fact that the rich so strongly oppose it tells me one of two things:
A) They're knee-jerkers that can't see past the immediate benefits
B) They care more about keeping everyone else poor than being rich themselves.
Said honest politicians will find themselves impeached rather quickly.
It's not just that.
It's "Vote my way or I'll take this truck of money I was going to give you, and I'll give it to anyone who runs against you. And don't piss me off or I'll make sure you never get a job in the private sector again."
Corruption isn't just about carrots, there's sticks on the table too.
I'd bet that any company daring to show its face in opposition to this bill will get special attention once SOPA starts getting enforced.
I can think of a very good reason for Google not to even TRY to interfere.
The fact that the feds have them by the balls right now with an anti-trust investigation.
That will only work if they actually fear the voters.
I think that when this thing passes many politicians will find themselves lined up with cushy private sector jobs working for the companies that paid them off to pass the damn thing.
Flipping the fucking board and walking away from the cheating little shit won't work.
For one, thanks to corporate corruption of regulatory agencies, it's rather akin to trying to play a game that is not only rigged, but is hosted in a convention where local security is on the cheater's payroll, and you either get screwed or you get kicked out.
Back in the real world this means getting arrested, sued, banned from TV, and whatever else.