Posts tagged PIPA

PIPA, SOPA, it is not a question of if they would fail, but only a question of when.  Such attempts at blanket control, especially of a people who have tasted freedom, are never going to be successful, if for no other reason than humanity cannot be indefinitely subdued.  Freedom is an innate desire, built into our very being.  It cannot be wholly removed or suppressed.  Countless times throughout history, the tale repeats itself in the fall of mighty kingdoms and the bloody revolution of the enslaved.  Humanity cannot be repressed.  We will have freedom, if not given now, then taken later.

Even if the laws were to be passed, they would come into being with a numbered life, counted by the toes stepped on and the voices silenced.  Because they cannot really silence our voices, only muffle them, contain them.  But, like any force, once contained the voices of the oppressed become more powerful, more explosive.  And the more voices they stuff into containment the more explosive, the more powerful the protest would become and the more marked the resistance.  The very powers that would have capitalized on the abuse of power would find themselves suffering, as they face countless angry and vindictive citizens demanding their rights restored.

So, in this way, we should not fear these laws.  They are doomed.  But their doom is forged by our hands, and it is in our choices that the when of their failure is determined.  Sooner or later?  But don’t fight them out of fear.  Fight them out of pride, out of dignity, out of honor.  Because we are humanity and we will not be oppressed.