davehag5 Posted February 11, 2013 Posted February 11, 2013 So having just listened to the above youtube where Stef and Jeff Tucker talk about a bunch of stuff but mostly Aaron Swartz, I was taken by a statement that they both concurred that Mr. Swartz was a major (if not key) player in the defeat of SOPA and that this was the main reason that he was targeted by the State. It is a very interesting discusssion even with the two trains that seemed to roll through the LFB office and a couple of Izzy cameos. I had never really heard of Mr Swartz prior to his death so I'm just learning. It seemed that his proposed punishment was way out of proportion to his "crime". Regardless I have a strong feeling that the main instrument that enables the little guy to oppose the power of the State and expose it for what it really is is the free communciation that we now have with the internet. I am able to post this little speech on a site where lots of folks throughout the world can read it in a matter of minutes. Twenty years ago that was impossible in so many ways and if governement moves in a certain direction in twenty years it may be again. And don't even think they wouldn't if they could in a country where the "fairness doctrine" was policy for decades. Oh well. I would recommend viewing the entire youtube above and one I found where Mr Swartz discusses the defeat of SOPA and his role in it. (Aaron Swartz - How we stopped SOPA) It is important to have an internet as free from big brother's control as we can get it. In the end of the Swartz youtube he predicts that they will try again. Lets hope that they can be stopped. I would also hope for a better response from the combined interested parties to help protect the individuals so that they would not be discouraged from using their talents in the struggle. A mobilized effort to help Aaron in his hour of need could possibly have led to a different outcome.
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