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A comment on Reddit to go dark on Jan 18 to protest SOPA. Parent comment

Re:Reddit to go dark on Jan 18 to protest SOPA by ghshephard on Tuesday January 10, 2012 @09:08PM (#3450149)
I downvoted you for two reasons.

1. Suggesting that blacking out google would not be effective is naive. It would be very effective.

2. While it would be straightforward for to make an argument that mp3.com, grooveshark, and piratebay.org have suspect motives - I don't think the majority of people think "Piracy" when they think "Google" - they think "Search."

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Re:Reddit to go dark on Jan 18 to protest SOPA by dodedo on Tuesday January 10, 2012 @09:31PM (#3450211)
To build on your last point, it's clear that we as a society desire the Google search product. It is necessary for legislation to be compatible with the Google use case -- not the other way around.
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