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American Censorship Day: Nov 16, 2011
Posted by: Cary ()
Date: November 16, 2011 11:00AM

Fairfax Underground is participating in American Censorship Day by "blacking out" our logo and asking users to carefully consider why their elected representatives would want to take away the internet freedoms we've all taken for granted.

Please familiarize yourself with the following material today as Congress is doing the same. Please contact your federal representatives and make it clear that you will NOT vote for their re-election should they support this measure.

Also consider signing this official White House petition: https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/stop-e-parasite-act/SWBYXX55

For the full scoop please read these articles:
ars technica: House takes Senate's bad Internet censorship bill, tries making it worse
EFF: Hollywood Finally Gets A Chance to Break the Internet
SOPA on OpenCongress
PIPA on OpenCongress

Or watch this video:


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Re: American Censorship Day: Nov 16, 2011
Posted by: Olde Farte ()
Date: November 16, 2011 11:16AM

Thanks for the heads up.

And...

Gack!

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Re: American Censorship Day: Nov 16, 2011
Posted by: TheMeeper ()
Date: November 16, 2011 11:18AM

OCCUPY FAIRFAX UNDERGROUND

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Re: American Censorship Day: Nov 16, 2011
Posted by: Pinhead the Cenobite ()
Date: November 16, 2011 11:29AM

rIGHT ON.

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"...your suffering will be legendary even in Hell!"

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Re: American Censorship Day: Nov 16, 2011
Posted by: Warhawk ()
Date: November 16, 2011 12:44PM

TheMeeper Wrote:
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> OCCUPY FAIRFAX UNDERGROUND


Stop showering and start shitting in the streets!

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That's not a ladybug, that's a cannapiller.

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Re: American Censorship Day: Nov 16, 2011
Posted by: eesh ()
Date: November 16, 2011 12:50PM

Warhawk Wrote:
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> TheMeeper Wrote:
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> > OCCUPY FAIRFAX UNDERGROUND
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> Stop showering and start shitting in the streets!
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Re: American Censorship Day: Nov 16, 2011
Posted by: Pinhead the Cenobite ()
Date: November 16, 2011 12:53PM

Inkahootz would be proud.

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"...your suffering will be legendary even in Hell!"

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Re: American Censorship Day: Nov 16, 2011
Posted by: Just the facts ()
Date: November 16, 2011 01:16PM

I think the bill is a good idea and sent a message to my congressional peeps in support of it.

Just look at what the lack of censorship did for Usenet. Or the off topic area here.

Embrace Big Brother. He is your fiend. I mean friend.

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Re: American Censorship Day: Nov 16, 2011
Posted by: The Unwashed ()
Date: November 16, 2011 02:03PM

Occupy this Internets, bitches...

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Re: American Censorship Day: Nov 16, 2011
Posted by: Alexander Smith ()
Date: November 16, 2011 02:22PM

Cary, I cannot thank you enough for bringing this bill to attention for the visitors of this site. It is imperative to our freedom that this does NOT pass.

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Re: American Censorship Day: Nov 16, 2011
Posted by: curious ()
Date: November 16, 2011 02:37PM

Fairfax Underground has always been a free forum for the expression of ideas.

Kudos to Cary for participating in American Censorship Day, and thank you for Fairfax Underground.

This is a genuine issue that all FXU users should care about.

I have contacted my elected officials.

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Re: American Censorship Day: Nov 16, 2011
Posted by: eeem ()
Date: November 16, 2011 05:22PM

Thank you, Cary.

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Re: American Censorship Day: Nov 16, 2011
Posted by: 6X ()
Date: November 16, 2011 05:56PM

FU 2 censorship.
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Re: American Censorship Day: Nov 16, 2011
Posted by: ARREST PROOF YOURSELF ()
Date: November 16, 2011 07:38PM

Careful what you post and say and how you say messages in your posts.

Arrest Proof Yourself.

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Re: American Censorship Day: Nov 16, 2011
Posted by: ferfux ()
Date: November 17, 2011 01:51PM

Most people don't realize that the Music Industry and Motion Picture industries are tiny little industries compared with the size of the economy. So what they're basically asking for is the entire internet be turned upside down to increase their profits.

Don't let all the highfalutin' rhetoric about jobs, and threats to our economy fool you; this is purely about the record and movie industries looking to improve their bottom line by decreasing everybody's freedom and basically screwing up the internet (which they hate).

Call your representative, write them a letter (U.S. Mail) about your opposition. Don't tweet, or sign an online petition, or start a facebook group. Do something that take 5 minutes of effort and will have 100x the effect.

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