How does SOPA threaten Stack Overflow?

Re:How does SOPA threaten Stack Overflow? by abscondment on Tuesday November 29, 2011 @03:26PM (#3292005)

Personally, I find myself disagreeing with both sides too much for this to be effective at all.

I'm not going to say one should or shouldn't vote Democrat. But, there are too many considerations on which I'm unwilling to compromise to just vote for the enemy of my enemy. Neither party is your friend.

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Re:How does SOPA threaten Stack Overflow? by bad_user on Tuesday November 29, 2011 @03:50PM (#3292115)

Politicians will always do whatever is in the interests of the people or companies giving them votes or donations, so unfortunately without voting for the enemy of your enemy (and maybe convincing others to do so), you don't have any other tool to punish these politicians.

And they need to be punished, just like a good spanking at the right time does wonders for spoiled brats.

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Re:How does SOPA threaten Stack Overflow? by josephcooney on Tuesday November 29, 2011 @06:12PM (#3292766)

"unfortunately without voting for the enemy of your enemy (and maybe convincing others to do so), you don't have any other tool to punish these politicians."

This sounds awfully like "I Voted for Kodos".

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Re:How does SOPA threaten Stack Overflow? by earl on Tuesday November 29, 2011 @06:38PM (#3292866)

From experience (see the NRA in particular), a largish single issue voting block that is willing to support either party can be enormously effective at advancing their issue.

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