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These kinds of comments may scare away large numbers of level-headed people from standing up against SOPA. Do you honestly think that the emergence of a global super-entity to serve as a niche to all kinds of low-lives is a good thing? Because if you are, then a lot of people who are aware of your position will be against whatever you stand, which of course means that you will lose potentially valuable allies against SOPA.

Let's stand against SOPA, but let's not get too radical while doing it. The Internet is not a savior of "the people" or a second coming of anything. No one will save us but ourselves.



Do you honestly think that the emergence of a global super-entity to serve as a niche to all kinds of low-lives is a good thing?

Tell us how you really feel. Don't worry though, I'm confident that the government will eventually find a way to expunge all the undesirable "low-lives" from the net.


Spreading paranoia about the government is a classic tactic of disaffected "little" people, whether they are of the right or of the left.

There are plenty of things that are wrong with the government, but being paranoid and bitter is not the way to fix them.


"No one will save us but ourselves." This seems more in support of maeon3's comment than a point against.


Even the Free and Open Source Movements need a Richard Stallman to be as successful as they have been.


No they don't. You are jumping to conclusion from a sample of size one, ignoring survivorship bias.




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