Today, Wikipedia is going through a blackout as a protest to
the kinds of legislature that the American congress is trying to pass. This constant
invasion into the realm of the internet is poised on the brink of chaos and
ruin. If congress is able to succeed, the ability to get free knowledge will
cease. The ability to spread the truth about what goes on that the mainstream
media will not report vanishes. By regulating the internet, the United States will
be no better than any other country it looks down its nose at which offer no
rights to their citizens.
If the United States is still the land of the free, it
should not take something like a Wikipedia blackout to wake people up! The
dependence on the internet for free information and entertainment is a freedom
and should be protected. By allowing the government to take control of this,
they are shutting down our ability to express ourselves. They are limiting our ability
to spread truth. We will become the same as all other countries which oppress
their citizens.
It is time for everyone to wake up and let their congressmen
know that they will not stand idly by. I support the Wikipedia blackout even
though I use it every day for research material in my work. I will gladly go
without a wealth of knowledge which up until now has been protected by American
values for freedom. If these laws pass, it is an affront to the American
public. It will crush the spirit of America and the spirit of the freedom that
we should all hold dear. Go to the site and see the Wikipedia blackout for yourself.
While you are there, enter your zip code and locate your congressmen so that
you can let them know that you are an American and that you support a free
internet without regulation!
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