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http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/01/16/wikipedias-community-calls-for-anti-sopa-blackout-january-18/
Very unfortunate -- they lose a lot of standing in my own eyes.
When I see things like this, one of the first things I look for is whether they are taking a reasonable position, or if they are taking an infeasible cartoonish position.
and this quote looks like they're taking the cartoon position: that any laws and regulation regarding the internet should be rejected on pure principle.
I don't know anything about the particular laws they're protesting -- and their stated reasons for protest do not fill me with confidence that their protest has merit. In fact, such extreme positions have a counter-productive effect from me -- they've pushed me from apathy to actually feeling antagonistic to their cause.
I really hope that the editors just dropped the ball on this one, rather than this being a sign of Wikipedia's political direction...
Very unfortunate -- they lose a lot of standing in my own eyes.
When I see things like this, one of the first things I look for is whether they are taking a reasonable position, or if they are taking an infeasible cartoonish position.
All around the world, we're seeing the development of legislation intended to fight online piracy, and regulate the Internet in other ways, that hurt online freedoms ... We want the Internet to remain free and open, everywhere, for everyone.
and this quote looks like they're taking the cartoon position: that any laws and regulation regarding the internet should be rejected on pure principle.
I don't know anything about the particular laws they're protesting -- and their stated reasons for protest do not fill me with confidence that their protest has merit. In fact, such extreme positions have a counter-productive effect from me -- they've pushed me from apathy to actually feeling antagonistic to their cause.
I really hope that the editors just dropped the ball on this one, rather than this being a sign of Wikipedia's political direction...