House Kills SOPA 495
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samzenpus
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from the on-second-thought dept.
An anonymous reader writes "In a surprise move, Representative Eric Cantor (R-VA) announced that he will stop all action on SOPA, effectively killing the bill. This move was most likely due to the huge online protest and the White House threatening to veto the bill if it had passed. But don't celebrate yet. PIPA (the Senate's version of SOPA) is still up for consideration."
Holy crap (Score:5, Funny)
Do you mean to tell me to tell me that in 2012 the government is actually listening to the will of the people? Man, the world really IS going to end!
Absolutely (Score:5, Funny)
All these posts on Slashdot about how bad the bill is really made a difference!
Re:Holy crap (Score:5, Funny)
I doubt our will has anything to do with it. They can always just tack on the junk that didn't go through this time on some spending bill for homeless shelters and kittens.
But those kittens NEED copyright protection NOW!
Re:Sopa (Score:5, Funny)
Sopa is a piece of shit!
Ha, I see what you did there:
SOPA reversed is APOS, which stands for A Piece Of Shit.
Clever, even if you didn't intend it to be.
Re:Keep it Up (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Hurray. (Score:3, Funny)
Why would the US want to do something about Pipa? I mean, she was so hot at the royal wedding in that dress and... Oh... You meant the BILL..
Nevermind.
Re:Internet wins... (Score:2, Funny)
Magic powers stored in his horns? Kabbalistic chanting? FOR GOD'S SAKE don't look behind you, they're coming for you noooooowwwwwwwwww!
Antisemitic nobber.
Re:Holy crap (Score:3, Funny)
It's just that SOPA sounds like a disease. In six months this bill will be back named:
Just
Eliminate
Super
Underwhelming
Security
No politician is going want to be accused of voting to kill that bill.
Next election season: "My esteemed opponent, Senator Rothstein, a JEW, voted to kill Jesus."
Re:Internet wins... (Score:5, Funny)
Why is a Jew in such a powerful position?
Because the global zionist cryptarchy decided that he'd make a good frontman, obviously.
Well, either that or he managed to persuade more of the electorate to vote for him than anyone else in his constituency.
Re:Sopa (Score:4, Funny)
SOPA is the Sons Of the Patriots Act. It's designed so that information damaging to the interests of the Patriots can be
expunged from the web. Soon only SOP-compliant computer equipment will be available.
Re:Internet wins... (Score:5, Funny)
No. Just because you know a swearword, it does not fit in every situation.
According to your definition, Spain at the time of Charles V was socialist.
Re:Sopa (Score:5, Funny)
This is the story of two brand names for politicians. Republicans, and Democrats. These are the Republicans, and these are the Democrats.
In last week's episode, the Democratic President said he didn't want to sign it, but didn't want to veto it either, so he said he'd sign it with reservations, or with a sticky note saying he didn't like it but he'd sign it anyway. And the Republican guy who doesn't look like a turtle said he was going to stop all activity on the bill, effectively killing SOPA. Now it's the Senate's turn, with a Democrat from MPAA, and a Republican who looks like a turtle. Will they pass PIPA? Will it pass with a veto-proof majority? Does it have to get a veto-proof majority because the President never said anything about having problems with PIPA instead of SOPA? And aren't we all kinda surprised and relieved to find our elected representatives listening to us, even if only because it's an election year?
Confused yet? You won't be, after this week's episode of... Soap! [wikipedia.org]
Re:Holy crap (Score:5, Funny)
Don't your soldiers scream "FOR THE EMPRAH" already when they go into battle?
Used to, but that got dropped after Cheney left the White House.
Re:Sopa (Score:5, Funny)
So... the same as Spanish.
Re:Absolutely (Score:5, Funny)
Slashdot: Serious Business (Score:5, Funny)
Noted (Score:1, Funny)
Oh, believe it; all of us that complained, wrote, and signed petitions are most definitely on The List (of people to be watched).
Re:Holy crap (Score:3, Funny)
But those kittens NEED copyright protection NOW!
You mean copyCAT protection.