SOPA Protests 'Poisoned the Well,' Says Congressional Staffer 330
Techdirt has a story about statements from Congressional staffer Stephanie Moore, who had some interesting — and somewhat insulting — things to say about the 'net-wide protests against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). "Netizens poisoned the well, and as a result the reliability of the internet is at risk," she said. Moore went on, "Congress was criticized for not being tech savvy, but from a lot of the comments we got it became clear that the people who were calling us did not understand the bill any better than we did." The article also points out comments from Steve Metalitz, a lawyer who represents members of the entertainment industry: "Most countries in the world already have this option at their disposal to deal with this problem. If site blocking broke the internet, then the internet would already be broken."
Translation: If you understood, you'd agree (Score:5, Funny)
Sorry, that didn't work in the third grade and it doesn't now that I'm 44.
How do you know a politician is lying? (Score:4, Funny)
Her lips are moving.