KevinGH

SOPA Is Censorship

For the past 7+ years, I have had zero problems with GoDaddy. I did not care about their marketing campaigns or the comments made about GoDaddy. Business is business and GoDaddy was and is good at what they do. With the recent improvement they have made to their user interface, this makes this even harder.

Like many others, I have and am in the process of moving my last domains from GoDaddy. Their stance on SOPA is pretty clear cut. They apparently helped co-author the bill, and are specifically exempt from its ill effects.

It is also pretty frightening that politicians are ignoring professional advice from many important service providers. What is even more terrifying is that they completely ignore the obvious consequences of the bill, which is censorship.

It is very naïve to think that they either do not know or will not abuse the power the SOPA bill will provide. It does not take a smart man to know this fact. Every bill in the name of protecting anything has always been abused. Just take a look at the United State’s history of passing those bills, The “Patriot” Act chief among them.

How Politicians Work?

Sure, it may seem obvious to many, but I’m still young and learning.

Politicians spend most of their career (which it shouldn’t be) pursuing the interests of the people who paid for their election campaign.  Only the months prior to the next election cycle do they even attempt to feign interest on fulfilling their campaign promises.  The gimmick is that they start to push for things, but promise to follow through if they are re-elected.

And the cycle continues.