Another recent example of such manipulation is in regards to the hotly debated inclusion of contraception coverage by employers under government writ(force). Those opposed to this are immediately painted as being extremist by the media and politicians turning the , in my view, rather simple stance of “I don’t want to pay for something optional (unlike say food or shelter you don’t really need contraception to survive) which is in opposition to my Religious rights and freedom” into the monstrous sounding “We hate women, they are only here for baby making, and all contraception should be banned.”

The latter of course is not at all what the opposition is saying. (and let us not get into THAT debate here thank you it was merely an illustration of the psychological manipulation mentioned by Gaara)

Another thing, not really an opinion, but the guys who were pushing for it to pass in congress even admitted that they don’t use the internet. The old guys up in congress pushing for this bill admitted that they basically don’t even know how the internet works, as a result of that admittance.

SOPA/PIPA and ACTA are all touted around with a heroic symbol, though. To my knowledge, SOPA/PIPA was basically to be anti-piracy, but was really vague one what specifically could be DMCA’d, reported, taken down, and who could be sued for what.

As for ACTA, well, don’t quote me on this, this is just a rumor I heard when I first heard about ACTA: Apparently it was initially pushed forward as an anti-child porn bill. Again, just a rumor I heard, don’t quote me on it, but imagine the implications if that’s true. Basically, Congress puts for internet restricting bill with an anti-piracy label stamped on it, opposition might be seen as pro-piracy. So imagine if the new bill had an anti-child porn label stamped on it? Who wants to openly defy something that claims to fight child porn, right?

That’s what this has possibly come to though: Lying to the public and saying what they’re doing is for the good of everyone while simply wanting control

Expect a rant on this monstrosity on my next installment!

RELEASE ACTA!
RELEASE ACTA!
RELEASE ACTA!

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Good luck!

http://cougarcinema.blogspot.com/2010/08/lets-review-movie-star-trek-2009-or-how.html

http://startrekxisucks.blogspot.com/2010/07/new-kirk-sociopath.html

Then there is the bad science so bad you cannot possibly suspend disbelief. You can read about it even from people that loved the reboot.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/08/ba-review-star-trek/

When you break it down the Trek reboot sucks for all the same reasons most other reboots do: Hollywood is just being its usual risk-averse self pumping out bad remakes because they don’t want to risk losing money on something original. The fact that the writers, directors and producers can’t bother themselves to actually watch the original all the way through adds insult to injury.

http://www.salon.com/2012/01/21/two_lessons_from_the_megaupload_seizure/singleton/

While the defeat of the legislation is a good thing, it was a small victory only, in that all we managed to forestall was the codifying of existing powers.