So, I imagine most of you have heard about the web wide protest that is going on tomorrow. The protest is in response to two bills that are being decided on called SOPA and PIPA. You can get more information here about the bills and the protest against them: http://americancensorship.org/

Basically, it's meant to be used to censor the internet and prevent people from using, linking or potentially even commenting on copyrighted material. The bills were brought about to stop internet piracy, but the way the bills approach the subject is like using a flame thrower to trim a tree or remove weeds from a garden. There's also a very good chance these bills will limit how much information we will all get to access, thus controlling the flow of information and sifting out anything that would make people with wealth and power (government, big businesses) look bad, even if it factual and accurate information. Imperialism to a fault.

So, I imagine sites like this one will be down for all of tomorrow and even if it isn't I will personally be avoiding the us of the internet. I'll probably use the time to focus on writing or doing some chores around the house. I only hope that we can get through to the people who will be deciding the fate of these bills and see that they aren't the way to dealing with the piracy problem here on the internet and that they are going to cause more problems than we already have and that they intend to fix.

You know, little by little it feels like the people with all the wealth and all the power are doing their best to try and take what rights and freedoms we have left and use them as incentives to get us all to do what they want. It sometimes feels like they want to turn our population into a zombie-like (voodoo zombies, not movie zombies) race of slaves who are told what to do, think and feel without being able to do, think and feel for ourselves. It's so hard to believe since this country was founded because of tyranny like this where a disconnected, arrogant and ignorant spoiled brat felt he knew what was best for everyone even though he knew nothing about working hard and earning a living or having to fight for survival. Of course it was a lesson we never truly learned with all the injustices that followed after our independence was claimed. More than 200 years later we still struggle with people being oppressed and having their rights suppressed just because of their class, race, skin color, gender, sexuality and creed. I'll admit it does sound funny that someone who enjoys being "kidnapped", "held captive" and "enslaved" is so into freedoms and rights. All my interest in bondage and BDSM is meant for fun and sexual enjoyment. At the end of the day, we all shake hands (or hug and/or kiss), go home and have a good night's sleep. Real slavery is no joke and nothing fun at all. Yesterday was the celebration of the civil rights activist, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the celebration of the long road African Americans as well as many other Americans have had to travel just to get some kind of equality for themselves. It would be a real slap in the face of everything they have fought for if we let the freedoms we all enjoy and sometimes take for granted were taken from us and sold back to us at 99.99/hour. I will stand up for those rights and those freedoms. Even if I am bound, gagged and blindfolded, I will find a way to stand up for those rights and freedoms.
How about you?

Much thanks to  grimmhelm for linking me this video that better explains what's going with these bills: http://youtu.be/JhwuXNv8fJM