JANUARY 18 SOPA BLACKOUT

Gggrrrrr.....SOPA sucks. And these bills are now getting mad and he is getting revenge now.

author=kentona
On the other hand, if we stay open on the 18th WE'LL BE THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN! Think of the traffic!!

I like the way this man thinks.

author=KingArthur
I'm all for RMN joining the blackout, RMN might as well not exist if SOPA/PIPA passes.

It could exist on IRC. Take it underground, can they block IRC? Gamepages could be reduced to shouting ads on the main chat, at least 5 minutes apart please. Set up servers or something haha (ah the good old days of downloading music)

author=chana
Sure there's probably 1001 ways for an individual or a small community to get around, but it's not just about rmn, it's the whole communication, information spirit of he internet, the way people relate, partipate and create on the internet that would be destroyed. It has to remain the people's space and a space of freedom or it would tend to become one more (gigantic) market place.

No doubt. My post was more of a joke :P

This is a serious issue but I'm not gonna get all uptight about it. If I woke up tomorrow and the internet was suddenly blocked, my life would go on. The culture of sharing and using the internet as a community gathering tool isn't the problem. Sites aren't going to be shut down cause we're talking to each other. If nobody ever posted/distributed illegal copyrighted material, there would be no danger to that freedom. Problem is the bad people using that wonderful network as a way to spread illegal stuffs. Too much freedom allows that side to grow out of control.

It doesn't even take a bad person, we just might want to share an image from a movie or sing our favorite song as a tribute. That's why SOPA is bad, from what I understand of it.

I agree that SOPA(what I've heard of it) is extreme and shouldn't exist. It's trying to weed out the bad stuff with a sweeping flamethrower attack. But at the same time if there were rules laid down and enforced in the first place we wouldn't be so desensitized to the fact that we are almost all pirates. If there wasn't such a culture of piracy there would be no issue. When something you personally created is being ripped off, you take offense and do everything you can to stop it.

Maybe tearing everything down and starting over isn't a bad idea? Look at our government, nah, our society. There are plenty of examples of systems that are obsolete but continue to be used even though it stunts our growth as a people. You can't just put a band-aid on a major issue and expect it to adapt. It has to be rebuilt from the ground up; let us occupy.

I guess it's just because I grew up without the internet and think it does more harm than good. Kids these days know too much for their own good! Globalization is awesome but the seedy underbelly of the internet is rotten to the core.

But hey, I'm not a political analyst. I don't keep myself apprised of all the hot button issues. I just want to live my life and enjoy my time. I can do that with or without the internet. We're all doomed anyways. When we run out of clean air and water and life giving resources, the internet will be the least of our worries ^.^

*I have no doubt all that could be ripped apart by any of the political power hitters around(feel free), but that's my take on this whole dealy*

author=Link_2112
I guess it's just because I grew up without the internet and think it does more harm than good. Kids these days know too much for their own good!

This is patently false. It isn't that "kids know too much for their own good", but that times have changed. The internet is young and the common code of ethics is still very juvenile. That will change as the internet generation grows up and their values mature.
And really, you're just acting like an old bastard reminiscing about the good old days when everything was pure and simple :p I do that occasionally too.

author=Link_2112
Problem is the bad people using that wonderful network as a way to spread illegal stuffs.

meh.
The people complaining about piracy destroying music and the performing arts and family values and planet earth were all complaining about the cassette tape and VHS too. If we continually give their bitchings legitimacy, they'll eventually try to sell licenses for how many people you're allowed to play a song for.
Screw them.

author=Link_2112
Globalization is awesome

wtf.
Globalisation destroyed the manufacturing sector in most western countries, especially in the USA. I don't see how anybody but a speculative financial parasite can still approve of globalism at this stage of the game.

author=Link_2112
the seedy underbelly of the internet is rotten to the core.

Silliness. The internet is what you make of it. If you go looking for child porn, yeah, you're going to get child porn. Alternatively, if you go looking for how to fix your car's broken carburetor, you can find that too.
This aspect of the internet is what makes it great. If we let governments go in and protect us from vile child porn, they'll eventually try to protect us from vile broken carburetor fraudsters.

author=Link_2112
*I have no doubt all that could be ripped apart by any of the political power hitters around(feel free), but that's my take on this whole dealy*

Now you've made me feel bad :( If you have any dignity, apologize to the rice.

author=Link_2112
Globalization is awesome

nope

author=KingArthur
I heard that the DNS filtering provisions might be dropped though, so who knows (the bill is still terrible though).

afaik it is "we will decide later" which is politispeak for "tell everybody it is removed and then add it after the bill is signed into law".

:3

author=Link_2112
Globalization is awesome because we can make friends with people all over the world and share our lives.

That's not globalisation. That's just the internet as it is now. Yeah, the internet is awesome. I wholeheartedly agree.
Globalisation is a totally different animal. I'd get into it, but I'd probably just be talking to myself again.

author=Dyhalto
That's not globalisation. That's just the internet as it is now. Yeah, the internet is awesome. I wholeheartedly agree.
Globalisation is a totally different animal. I'd get into it, but I'd probably just be talking to myself again.

Well, when I first typed the word I thought maybe I was using it wrong so I checked wikipedia(I know, it's perfect):

Globalization or (Globalisation) refers to the increasingly global relationships of culture, people and economic activity. Most often, it refers to economics: the global distribution of the production of goods and services, through reduction of barriers to international trade such as tariffs, export fees, and import quotas. Globalization accompanied and allegedly contributed to economic growth in developed and developing countries through increased specialization and the principle of comparative advantage. The term can also refer to the transnational circulation of ideas, languages, and popular culture.

Green words support my statement, and blue yours. :P

Anywho, I'll just take some screenshots of some topics now so that when/if RMN blacks out I can get my fix of dramas until it's back~

guys is there anything were not fighting about let's fight about everything