You Speak and You Will Be Heard

I know I said that I knew SOPA and PIPA would not pass.  The obvious reason that is is that the language of the act was ambiguous and aloud copyright holders to go to the courts and immediately shut down a site such as "You Tube," ultimately censor the internet all together, so others couldn't upload their content.

Anyways, before people like me spoke up, wrote on a blog, and signed a petition on "Google," the laws didn't pass.  You can sit back and say it won't pass to yourself and have complete faith that something so ridiculous won't happen, but unless you speak up nothing will change.  People spoke and the government listened.  We were heard.  People held up signs.  People like me signed a petition at Google.  Sites blacked out for 24 hours.  Most sites put something on their front page to inform you of these acts.

My point is that you can sit in your chair and think you're okay and you may be right, but what if you aren't?   What if everyone said "Okay, this is ridiculous.  That will never happen to us." and they just laid back and watched, because they had complete faith it won't happen?  My adivce is "Don't."  Because if you don't yell at the top of your lungs that you don't like what our government is about to do, then something you think won't happen, may actually happen.  You don't know.  You could be wrong.  You'd be surprised.  Your rights could be taken away, but because we have the right to voice our opinion, that's exactly what we need to do.

So everyone, Google, Wikipedia, protesters, Newt, Mitt, congress, Obama and the country as a whole, thank you for speaking your mind and being true to your freedom.