SOPA and PIPA Cause Me Personal Headaches

Man… I’m in full support of the protest of SOPA and PIPA. In fact, right now AintAGeek.com is blacked out in protest of SOPA and PIPA, just like Reddit and Wikipedia are. But I’m having to write a paper for somethin’ and… low-and-behold, I needed to access Wikipedia for some research. But boom… Wikipedia’s blacked out still.

This is exactly what Wikipedia SHOULD be doing, and this is why I got my own site blacked out darker than Madonna’s roots. But is this blackout effecting me in a bad way? Yes. This blackout is crazy important and needed, but it’s a shame these two damn bills aren’t even passed yet someone like me is personally effected.

Granted, yo… I know how to get around Wikipedia’s blackout via some clever methods, but I’m not. I’m not allowing myself to do that. I want to respect the blackout. I WANT to be effected by the blackout if it’s even gonna’ have purpose, ya know?

And apparently, at least 10 senators have withdrawn their support of SOPA…

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/19/technology/web-protests-piracy-bill-and-2-key-senators-change-course.html?_r=1

This blackout have PROVEN to be important, even though at the time I’m writing this… 9 pm eastern, the blackout is still going on for many web sites. But this still pisses me off that these two yet-to-be-voted-on bills have completely effected my day-to-day life.

Yo, SOPA… PIPA… screw you and the senator you rode in on. JbB