[governance] Jan 18 : website strike against censorship - can our sitesjoin ?

Judy Okite judyokite at gmail.com
Tue Jan 17 12:12:47 EST 2012 

I agree....lets go  on strike and explain, why.

Kind Regards,
“To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and
what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.”
Kofi Annan


On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Lorena Jaume-Palasi <
Lorena.Jaume-Palasi at gsi.uni-muenchen.de> wrote:

> +1
>
> Lorena Jaume-Palasí
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> Betreff: Re: [governance] Jan 18 : website strike against censorship - can
> our sitesjoin ?
>
> Agree
>
> Adam
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Avri Doria <avri at acm.org> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > You make a good argument.
> > Which means to me that the front page note explaining the absence of the
> page is the most important part of this.
> >
> > avri
> >
> > On 17 Jan 2012, at 04:49, Louis Pouzin (well) wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> For any strike one can argue on the positive and negative impact it can
> create on individuals. In this case a large majority of internauts are
> barely or not at all aware that a strike is in the offing. Joining the
> strike is a way to give it more visibility and coverage in the media. Hence
> more people will discover that there is a problem, and hopefully try and
> find out what SOPA means to them.
> >> - - -
> >>
> >> On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 19:07, Avri Doria <avri at acm.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> As I see this advertised more and more, I find I really have mixed
> feeling about it.
> >>
> >> In one sense, like all strikes it says , see how much you will miss us
> if
> the SOPA/PIPA/New Delhi/../China inspired . censorships moves continue.
> >> And that i very much support.
> >>
> >> But who is going to miss them during the strike?
> >>
> >> a. The people who appreciate freedoms of expression - no badly how
> distorted they are now by moneyed and other powered influences - and
> beleive
> this would make it much worse, crowd; or
> >>
> >> b. The people who want to shut things down for one reason or another
> will
> breath a sigh of relief, show that the world did not end and feel inspired
> that: yes, they are doing the eight thing.
> >>
> >> As for Michael's question related to the IGC  site, I would not object
> either way.
> >>
> >> avri
> >> - - -
> >>
> >> On 14 Jan 2012, at 10:23, michael gurstein wrote:
> >>
> >> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >> > From: Donny Shaw <info at fightforthefuture.org>
> >> > Date: Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 11:34 PM
> >> > Subject: BREAKING NEWS: Web Goes on Strike!
> >> > To:
> >> >
> >> > On Jan. 18th there is going to be an all-out strike on the internet.
> Websites across the internet are going dark in protest of the internet
> censorship bills in Congress, SOPA and PIPA.
> >> >
> >> > Some of the biggest sites in the world are participating: Reddit,
> Mozilla. And some others may join (e.g. a leading micro-blogging platform
> and a popular collaboratively-written encyclopedia), but they need a nudge.
> If we can get them to join this will be EPIC.
> >> >
> >> > Ask the biggest sites on the internet to join the strike. Click here.
> >> >
> >> > If you're on Facebook or Twitter, please use these links to share
> this:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Thank You!
> >> >
> >> > -Donny and the rest of the Fight for the Future crew
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