Thursday March 1st 2012 to Saturday March 31st 2012
With the continuing campaigns for internet-censoring litigation such as SOPA and PIPA, and the closure of sites like Megaupload under allegations of 'piracy' and 'conspiracy' the time has come to take a stand against music, film, and media companies' lobbyists.
The only way is to hit them where it hurts.
Their profit margins.
March 2012 is the end of the First Quarter in economic reports world wide.
Do not buy a single record. Do not download a single song, legally or illegally. Do not go to see a single film in cinemas, or download a copy. Do not buy a DVD in the stores. Do not buy a videogame. Do not buy a single book or magazine.
Wait the four weeks to buy them in April: see a film later, etc... Holding out for just four weeks, maximum, will leave a gaping hole in media companies profits for the first quarter, an economic hit which will in turn be observed by governments world wide as stocks and shares will blip from a large enough loss of incomes. This action will give a statement of intent:
"We will not tolerate the Media Industries' lobbying for legislation that will censor the internet."
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EDIT: Wikipedia has a list of companies that support or oppose SOPA and PIPA, if you wanted to be sure you're boycotting the right companies.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Monday, January 2, 2012
Do I have the right?
Earlier today, someone I know posed a question, one that is probably asked by more people than they think.
"What gives me the right to say I am _________?" (Insert gay, genderqueer, bisexual, pansexual, transgender, and so on here.)
A very complicated question, but one with a very simple sounding answer.
If you are _____, then you have the right to say you are. If you feel you fall under these labels, and you feel comfortable in using them, then for goodness sake, use them. There is nothing whatsoever wrong in doing so.
It's not as simple an answer as it seems, of course. In order to get to this answer, you have to overcome things. Your own reluctance. Your fear of what family, friends, and loved ones may say. Perhaps even the fact that what you call yourself today is vastly different from what you'd have called yourself just yesterday, or last week.
That last one is a very interesting one, because all through our lives, we are learning new things about ourselves, and about how we respond in regards to others. What we think of ourselves today, may not hold true tomorrow, or next week. That doesn't, however, make the labels we give ourselves today any less true. They are as true as the information we have about ourselves is.
Yesterday, someone may have felt the label bisexual covered them, and then today, they may get new information that makes them decide that they fall better under the pansexual or panromantic label. That doesn't make yesterday's label any less true, because at the time, they were.
The exception to this, of course, is if you genuinely don't fit the label, and you know it, but this misnomer usually occurs when other people label you, rather than when you label yourself.
"What gives me the right to say I am _________?" (Insert gay, genderqueer, bisexual, pansexual, transgender, and so on here.)
A very complicated question, but one with a very simple sounding answer.
If you are _____, then you have the right to say you are. If you feel you fall under these labels, and you feel comfortable in using them, then for goodness sake, use them. There is nothing whatsoever wrong in doing so.
It's not as simple an answer as it seems, of course. In order to get to this answer, you have to overcome things. Your own reluctance. Your fear of what family, friends, and loved ones may say. Perhaps even the fact that what you call yourself today is vastly different from what you'd have called yourself just yesterday, or last week.
That last one is a very interesting one, because all through our lives, we are learning new things about ourselves, and about how we respond in regards to others. What we think of ourselves today, may not hold true tomorrow, or next week. That doesn't, however, make the labels we give ourselves today any less true. They are as true as the information we have about ourselves is.
Yesterday, someone may have felt the label bisexual covered them, and then today, they may get new information that makes them decide that they fall better under the pansexual or panromantic label. That doesn't make yesterday's label any less true, because at the time, they were.
The exception to this, of course, is if you genuinely don't fit the label, and you know it, but this misnomer usually occurs when other people label you, rather than when you label yourself.
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