From the article "Why all Christians should support SOPA "
SOPA lets the US finally censor the Internet.
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"If you don't play by US rules, your web site will be blocked. Most of the Internet's major data trunks go through the USA. People visiting a European web site from South America will be relying on cables and servers in the USA for part of the communication. SOPA will let the USA block not just the traffic TO US users, but traffic going THROUGH the USA to other countries. Offending sites will be blocked not just in the USA, but in South America. This means South American web sites can be blocked from being seen by the rest of the world, even if they're not using a .COM, .NET or .ORG domain name."
Alexander Cornswalled? More Like Alexander Codswallop . Or Alexander Cockswallow.
Ever hear of Proxies? Or even telecommunications satellites? The latter was conceived as far back as 1945 by Arthur C. Clarke: devices placed in geostationary orbit that relayed radio signals to other parts of the world. When the very first one - Telstar - was being developed in the early 60s, guess who they chose as the project's chief technical advisor?
Arthur C. Clarke was an Atheist.
Y'know who else is Atheist? The People's Republic of China. One word: Cyberattacks.
Don't be a subhuman fundie. Don't be so constrained by mere 20th Century technology; the rest of planet Earth has moved on. Don't be so Americentric.
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That's not how SOPA works... All SOPA requires is that US DNS server results have domain names blocked/restricted when flagged. That means that when you try to access siteabc.com, you won't be able to find it. You will still be able to access the site if you know the IP address.
The fact that this is so easy to circumvent and will only harm normal consumers is one of the reasons that SOPA is stupid.
Complete lack of any type of freedom, its the American wa- oh, hang on a sec...
And another thing, how dare you presume to tell me what I can and cannot view. How. Dare. You. Fuck you and fuck your Imperialist, retarded religion (and that's from a Brit, for whom the very word Imperialist was pretty much made).
Fuck you, you sanctimonious sack of shit. Keep your SOPA and your fucking hands of the [b[World's Internet. It isn't America's, it's everyone's. It was designed for the free exchange of information, and I have had enough of you assholes wanting to censor it. If you don't like it, turn your computer off!
Fuck you with a coat rack shaped like a cactus. Then, fuck you with cactus shaped like a coat rack.
Everybody better respect MY sensibilities or I don't feel important!
Wait... so you... actually WANT censorship?!
I would tell you to die in a fire, but that would not be fair to the fire. Why should it ever have to come into contact with you?
If you don't play by US rules, your web site will be blocked.
I guess he hasn't read the US rules:
US Rules:
"Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press", and
"No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States"
Most of the Internet's major data trunks go through the USA. People visiting a European web site from South America will be relying on cables and servers in the USA for part of the communication.
As an electrical engineer who was formerly in the telecommunications industry, you have no idea how web networks function.
You probably believe people in North Korea and China have no unrestricted, government-censored Internet access, don't you?
Mister Cornswalled, you obviously have no idea what freedom of speech is.
Perhaps we should take yours away until you can understand how important it is that we all protect it with everything in us.
At least the Chinese people are constantly pushing for MORE access to information rather than less.
It's not enough that a majority of Americans would stand idly by as their freedoms are taken away (given that SOPA has a significant chance of getting passed into law), but there actually exist those like Alexander Cornswalled who actively cheer on this steady progression into Fascism.
It is indeed fortunate that the Founding Fathers of the United States had the foresight to pass the Bill of Rights to ensure that there is at least some safeguard on the rights their successors are so eager to throw away.
Well, from what I understand, SOPA doesn't quite work that way, but in spite of that, you have come up with some fairly sound reasons to oppose it.
*Sees title of post*
What? Seriously, in what universe is censorship a good thing?
I will own that the whole "virtue can only thrive if it is sealed off from the wickedness elemental that is the universe" conceit sounds a lot like Juche; Koreans are inherently virtuous and weak, non-Koreans are inherently vile and strong, and only the Kim dynasts are CAPABLE of combining strength and virtue on their own (Koreans have to be imbued by the dynasts). Substitute "Koreans" with "Christians" and "Kim dynasts" with "God and Jesus", and you probably get something like Cornswalled's ideals.
I think there's a lot that can be attributed to the allure of not having to dedicate mental/physical resources to charting your own path. While there is quite a bit of at-least-lip service to the precepts of freedom and liberty, it ultimately seems to translate to "able to walk the already-known perfect course of RTC without being interdicted"; not freedom, or perhaps better, ability to choose, but ability to follow the (allegedly) perfect course. To such ones, censorship is good because it helps interdict the possibility of distraction. They're so suffused with the idea of humans' inability to be simultaneously strong and good that, if only subconsciously, they reject and FEAR capability of choice as a corruption. If one is perfect, choice, and the implicit change, can only lead to decay and corruption. If a particular course is known to be perfect, choosing otherwise can only be at best foolishness. Just as North Koreans are impelled to look solely to the dynasts for strength, never their own strength and insights, so the RTCs feel impelled to rely only on the divine revelations, never their own insights and/or needs, for cleaving to perfection.
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"Why all Christians should support SOPA"
Because of their inclination to submit unquestioningly to authority, whether justified or not?
Quoth the Brick Testament:
'Everyone must submit to governing authorities, for those in positions of authority have been placed there by God.'
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"when Fascism comes to America, it will come wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross"
I'd give attribution but I honestly don't remember who said that.
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Does dickless here even realize that the US will suffer worldwide DoS attacks if it tries to oppress everyone else?
This country is hypocritical to a true fault, but even OUR idiots in charge know better than to piss off the entire world.
China DOES censor its internet sites and has come under consistent heavy flak from just about everyone over it.
Alexander is one of those sad, sad little people who can't truly be happy unless they have power over someone, even by proxy.
Also, U.S. based backbone would get routed around until other countries build their own, and then you can kiss your IT relevancy goodbye.
SOPA gets creepier every time I hear or read about it. Even if only because it brings to light the creepiness inherent in some people who are compelled to talk/write about it.
Such as the creepiness displayed in Alexander's paragraph above.
Creeeeepyyyy.
As it did in nazi germany, religion and fascism again prove bosomest of buddies. Got mitt Uns mr.Cornswalled.
Wouldn't you just strangle this little freak? I'm fine if this Cornswalled fucker has a forum and he plays tyrant there, but this freak wants the US to decide what south americans can see on the internet. Goebbels would be proud.
In other words, the world has to do as America dictates.
And this is one major reason why people go nuts and crash aircraft into America's buildings.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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