[ale] Update On SOPA/PIPA: ALE Should Join the Strike !?

[Cameron Kilgore]

It's never too late for paper letters. I wrote and Fedex'd a letter to
Senator Isakson's DC office.

--Cameron <http://ghostfreeman.net>


On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Brian Mathis <
brian.mathis+ale at betteradmin.com> wrote:

> Blacking out a web site is a nice gesture, and we can all grouse about
> the laws on the list here, but it means nothing unless you actually do
> something.
>
> From the Wikipedia page[1] you can lookup the numbers to call elected
> officials in your area.  They also list email, twitter, etc... but
> don't use that.  Using electronic media as a form of protest is
> completely meaningless, especially to people so out of touch they
> support this.  They will only get the message if their phones blow up.
>  (Paper letters would have been better, but it's too late for that
> now)
>
> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CongressLookup
>
>
> ❧ Brian Mathis
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Aaron Ruscetta <arxaaron at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > EFF and other concerned organizations are sponsoring
> > an info web page on the SIPA / PIPA** legislation:
> > <http://sopacountdown.com/>
> >
> > Along with that link the groups sent plug-ins and links to a
> > plug-in for Wordpress that make it very easy to take your
> > site dark in solidarity with the January 18 (midnight to
> > midnight EST) protest that is being undertaken by many
> > prominent internet entities and organizations.
> >
> > It is my carefully considered opinion that we should join
> > the protest against these censorship threats and attacks
> > on our freedom and free speech by having the ALE web
> > site <http://ale.org> go dark for 24hrs.  For the period of
> > the strike, the pluggin would route ALE traffic to:
> > <http://sopastrike.com/strike>
> >
> > ===============
> > Those in Favor??  (+)
> >
> >
> >
> > ===============
> > Opposed??      (-)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Decision at midnight.
> >
> > peace
> > aaron
> >
> > **S(p)it On Privacy Act / Pervert IP Act
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