A Short Thought About Democracy and SOPA\PIPA - Mastre Yoda (Political Correspondent)

   Senator Rubio, in a recent move, has withdrawn his support for the PIPA Bill. This goes to show that when a decent politician sees that the people are unhappy with his decision, he should review what it is that he is supporting and be sure that he should be supporting it. Sometimes it is merely the vocal minority that is making all of the noise and the majority of the constituents that elected him, his party, are saying otherwise. In the case of PIPA and SOPA, it is safe to say that there are a lot of people that are upset with the bill, and wish is to be changed or shelved completely. 

       Senator Rubio did what he should have done and reevaluated what it is that his constituents want. Many politicians do not do this, and ignore the wants and needs of their constituents. They, in their arrogance, decide that they know better than the majority. Sometimes, it is justifiable, in the case of a genuinely misinformed public, or a public that is being influenced by a fad, or muckrakers that are using a mob to get support for their cause. 

      Whether the blackouts and protests of the SOPA and PIPA bills are merely being blindly supported by the public is not certain, only time and education of the public will tell whether the people truly understand what they are opposing and how intimately it can effect their daily usage on the internet. So, I encourage you to read up on SOPA and PIPA, to educate yourselves on what you are vocalizing. 

“Congress should listen and avoid rushing through a bill that could have many unintended consequences,” Senator Rubio wrote on his Facebook page. “Therefore, I have decided to withdraw my support for the Protect IP Act.” 

Resources and sources: 

http://gizmodo.com/5877000/what-is-sopa

http://gizmodo.com/5877276/everything-you-need-to-legally-protest-sopa/gallery/1?tag=sopa

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9223525/Supporters_of_SOPA_PIPA_stick_to_their_guns

http://www.computerworld.com/slideshow/detail/26885/Samples-of-SOPA-blackout-sites