Re:I was on BloombergTV talking SOPA today - how'd I do?
by ShabbyDoo on Wednesday January 04, 2012 @06:44PM
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The problem I have with the shoplifting analogy as presented is that someone unfamiliar with SOPA might conclude that the website at risk must also be the victim of the crime. How about analogies to other crimes like stealing from another customer, assaulting another customer, etc. What's ironic is that the bar/nightclub industry is effectively governed by such a law. It seems that, when patrons decide to do bad things in a bar, the government can revoke the establishment's liquor license. Even the number of police visits to an establishment due to customers' bad behavior has been used against the establishment. While I might have sympathy for the government if the bartenders were encouraging drunkenness, few other establishments must worry about their own culpability when a customer does something bad on premises.
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Re:I was on BloombergTV talking SOPA today - how'd I do?
by stock_toaster on Wednesday January 04, 2012 @07:54PM
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Two people are overheard talking in a grocery store about how you can make your own orange juice at home from oranges. Tropicana shuts the store down.
Re:I was on BloombergTV talking SOPA today - how'd I do?
by insickness on Wednesday January 04, 2012 @07:23PM
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Other analogies:
A car is used as a getaway vehicle in a robbery so the government goes after the car manufacturer.
A safety deposit box contains an illegal item, so the bank gets shut down.