Things I Learn In History Class.
So, we've reviewed your motives, your reasoning, and your ideas, and we respect them, but come on, guys. If you're going to have a reasonable protest, you have to look good to the public. You're a nuisance on businesses and police forces. You bastards in Oakland are being violent, destructive, and disruptive. I'm not saying that you should quit, I'm just saying that you should be a little more considerate of your surroundings, and think about whether your actions are the right way forward.
Now, I know that not all of you are behaving this way, and many of you are trying to do this the right way. You use democracy in your decision-making, and you respect the police force. If all of you did that, you could have one hell of a revolution on your hands, and the public would listen to you and respect you in a new way.
The Internet
How many of you believe that the internet should be a free, usable place for sharing ideas, art, and developments? I see a lot of hands raised high out there. Well, too bad, I guess. Congress is to vote soon on a new bill that would effectively strip the internet of so much of its wonderful content.
The bill would force ISPs to monitor and regulate their customers' activity online, and make themselves responsible for what these customers upload, post, or think. If ISPs don't want consequences, they'll have to police the internet, creating bias in what can and cannot be said. If you want to try to convince congress that this is a bad idea, head on over to demandprogress.org (currently undergoing a bit of technical difficulty, it seems) and send an e-mail to your state's congressman, share on facebook, and make it known that we do not want this.
In Conclusion
It's been fun as always, and I hope I caused many of you to think about these two important subjects. Good afternoon, all.
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