The Rant Thread/My Life Sucks Topic [Don't be pricks]

[spitllama]

If that's the worst thing to have happened to you in a dream, consider yourself lucky...

Absolutely this. I had the most scarring dream last night even.

[Ruto]

^LOL

Blah, been at work for 4 1/2 hours, I have class again in 3 hours...until 9 PM -.- It looks like my professor's not showing up today so I've just been telling visitors to email her or leave contact info.

I want a schedule change already...I have class at 8 am tomorrow too...

[ETFROXX]

UGH. Today in my journalism class the teacher brought up how Wikipedia would be blacked out due to SOPA protesting, over half the class didn't know what SOPA is or didn't care. This pissed me off so fucking much, that people can care that little and pay attention that little. This one asshole just started talking about how he likes to watch documentaries about drugs. Someone asked him why Wikipedia was being blacked out and he said 'because of something called SOPA, whatever that is'. I almost slapped him. What the fuck is with people.

[SlowPokemon]

^Omg I KNOW! So many people, even if they know, just legitimately do not give a fuck. :| like. There's a very small chance it'll pass, but seriously. At least care a little.

[Ruto]

Yup, like the fact that Congress would even take this seriously...

[spitllama]

I don't really care tbh... if I had the slightest feeling it would pass then it'd be worth worrying about. But it won't.

[Mashi]

I don't understand the ruckus over it either, to be frank.  If the bill somehow even passes in the Legislature, Obama vetoes it and looks good for the next Presidential election (!!! ... Well, maybe!).  If he doesn't veto (Hahahahahaha, that would be such a terrible decision, but so hilarious.) or his veto is overturned, the Supreme Court will rule it as unconstitutional.  Really, the bill shouldn't pass in Congress, and if it does, the bill is going to die anyway.

As far as people being unaware of these bills; should I castigate others for being unaware of the current Prime Minister of Italy (Who has a much easier to remember name than Berlusconi!)?  No, because not everyone pays such close attention to the news.  And even then, it's not as if SOPA is the main headline in most newspapers, considering that it's not going to pass as a law anyway.  The Internet is probably the largest source of information towards SOPA (I wonder why!), so evidently, people who frequent the Internet will be familiar with the bill.  So I feel that, although it may irksome to some, it's unfair to criticise people for being unfamiliar with the bill (Especially since it's not going to become a law anyway.  If it did, we would have bigger problems than Internet censorship).

But that's just me, anyway.

[Wrydryn]

The ruckus over it is the fact that it's a very real possibility that it could pass. Also I don't trust Obama to veto it and I would rather just have it not pass at all.
Also don't forget about PIPA (Protect IP Act), this bill is just as damaging as SOPA.

The stink about these bills is also the fact of the collateral damage they cause to the internet that is getting in the way of the original purpose.

It was also nice to see SOPA get some news coverage on TV in how sites are shutting down for the day.

[Mashi]

It won't pass.  The possibility may as well not exist, because the bill has no chance of existing as a law in this form of government.

Also, it would be absolutely foolish for Obama to not veto the bill with the upcoming election.  To even think that he won't veto the bill is ridiculous.

[SuperFireKirby]

I've seen the word "unconstitutional" passed around here as a reason the bill won't pass. Sooooo what exactly does that word mean? Because you know, it was recently decided that Money= Freedom. So that must mean that tons of money given to your local congressman= LOADS OF FREEDOM. Possibly enough to make the bill constitutional! And with all these guys backing the bill, that ALOT of FREEDOM:

60 Plus Association
ABC
Actors' Equity Association (AEA)
Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP)
American Bankers Association (ABA)
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
American Federation of Musicians (AFM)
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)
American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA)
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
Americans for Tax Reform
Association of American Publishers (AAP)
Association of State Criminal Investigative Agencies
Beachbody, LLC
BMG Chrysalis
BMI
Building and Construction Trades Department
Capitol Records Nashville
CBS
Cengage Learning
Center for Individual Freedom (CFIF)
Christian Music Trade Association
Church Music Publishers' Association
Coalition Against Online Video Piracy (CAOVP)
Comcast/NBCUniversal
Concerned Women for America (CWA)
Congressional Fire Services Institute
Copyhype
Copyright Alliance
Coty, Inc.
Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB)
Council of State Governments
Country Music Association
Country Music Television
Creative America
Deluxe
Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO
Directors Guild of America (DGA)
Disney Publishing Worldwide, Inc.
Elsevier
EMI Christian Music Group
EMI Music Publishing
Entertainment Software Association (ESA)
ESPN
Estée Lauder Companies
Gospel Music Association
Graphic Artists Guild (Update: Graphic Artists Guild has withdrawn support for SOPA -1/18/12)
Hachette Book Group
HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide, Inc.
Hyperion
Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA)
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians,
Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada (IATSE)
International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition (IACC)
International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF)
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT)
International Trademark Association (INTA)
International Union of Police Associations
L'Oreal
Let Freedom Ring
Lost Highway Records
Macmillan
Major County Sheriffs
Major League Baseball
Majority City Chiefs
Marvel Entertainment, LLC
MasterCard Worldwide
MCA Records
McGraw-Hill Education
Mercury Nashville
Minor League Baseball (MiLB)
Minority Media & Telecom Council (MMTC)
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)
MPA – The Association of Magazine Media
National Association of Fusion Center Directors
National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)
National Association of Prosecutor Coordinators
National Association of State Chief Information Officers
National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO)
National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA)
National Center for Victims of Crime
National Criminal Justice Association
National District Attorneys Association
National Domestic Preparedness Coalition
National Football League
National Narcotics Officers' Associations' Coalition
National Sheriffs' Association (NSA)
National Songwriters Association
National Troopers Coalition
News Corporation
Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU)
Pearson Education
Penguin Group (USA), Inc.
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
Pfizer, Inc.
Provident Music Group
Random House
Republic Nashville
Revlon
Scholastic, Inc.
Screen Actors Guild (SAG)
Showdog Universal Music
Simon & Schuster
Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Nashville
State International Development Organization (SIDO)
The Perseus Books Groups
The United States Conference of Mayors
Tiffany & Co.
Time Warner
True Religion Brand Jeans
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
UMG Publishing Group Nashville
United States Chamber of Commerce
United States Olympic Committee
United States Tennis Association
Universal Music
Universal Music Publishing Group
Viacom
Visa Inc.
W.W. Norton & Company
Wallace Bajjali Development Partners, L.P.
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Nashville
Wolters Kluewer Health
Word Entertainment 4
Zumba Fitness, LLC

[spitllama]

Obama already said he's vetoing it if I remember correctly

EDIT: How is Chick-fil-A not on there

[Wrydryn]

SOPA/PIPA thread go!

[spitllama]

Wry what is your avatar

[Wrydryn]

It looks like a face is in there along with a radnar.

[Mashi]

I've seen the word "unconstitutional" passed around here as a reason the bill won't pass. Sooooo what exactly does that word mean?

Something that does not comply to the principles of the Constitution.