Internet Kill Switch

[curly_kate]

FWIW, this is the email I composed to send to my elected officials. Feel free to make use of it:

I am writing to voice my whole-hearted opposition to the PCNA Act that has been proposed to Congress, and I am encouraging you to oppose the passage of this bill as well. I find it horrifying that any member of Congress would even consider enacting legislation that would put us on par with countries such as Iran and China. While I understand that the intent of this bill would be to protect the safety of Americans' online information, I think this would put an inordinate amount of power in the hands of the president. The citizens who use the internet have to take responsibility for the information that they put out there, NOT the government. The internet is a place of open discourse and truly is the epitome of freedom of speech in this country, and is a symbol of that freedom in countries such as Iran and China where personal rights are severely restricted. Giving the president the ability to "shut down" certain sectors of the internet would give credibility to similar actions by dictators such as Ahmadinejad, Hu Jintao, and Kim Jong-Il. Once again, I urge you to take a stand for American freedom and oppose any attempts to pass this bill.

Hopefully it sounds pretty coherent.

 

[dianer29]

I feel this......oops someone just shut off my thought process!

 

[k0xxx]

...Hopefully it sounds pretty coherent.

Sounds good enough to plagiarize And, I believe that I will. Thanks!

 

[rebecca100]

I'm not really suprised. It had to come eventually.

 

[chipmunk]

1) CK, hope it's ok if I plagarize your letter, too

2) Perhaps I'm just paranoid, but I'm thinking this forum would be on an early hit list if anybody wants to quash dissent

3) That being said, does anybody have ideas about how we might communicate? How 'bout ham radio (altho I know that's regulated by the gov, too)

Edited because I can't spell and have a bad short term memory

 

[Wifezilla]

Not sure. I have been giving this a lot of thought lately.

 

[Javamama]

I'm thinking about all the business that is done over the internet - that would be quite a blast to the economy in addition to the disruption of personal communications.
I guess we could go back to the good old USPS

 

[Wifezilla]

Which is also run by the gubment. We may have to revert back to the old fax machine.

 

[curly_kate]

1) CK, hope it's ok if I plagarize your letter, too

Please plagiarize! And feel free to edit it as you see fit.

 

[Guinea Goonie]

I'm thinking about all the business that is done over the internet - that would be quite a blast to the economy in addition to the disruption of personal communications.
I guess we could go back to the good old USPS

I can darn near gaurantee that this bill includes the ability to TAX anything bought on the internet. This administration has been after this ever since Ms. Clinton came into the picture. Not to knock Mr. Clinton, George(s) or even BO, but Ms. Clinton wants internet gun sales stopped and the ability to track sales for taxation.

Ms. Clinton is a very powerful figure.