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if i was a school teacher i would have given my pupils a project today which would be due tomorrow. all because wikipedia was blacked out today. fucking  mean idea hey. but then again, if was a school teacher, i wouldn’t be cool, and so, naturally, wouldn’t be euphoricraging. well, ok sorry for that self ego-boost, but let’s get serious here.

wikipedia, in protest of the sopa/pipa bills which might be passed through senate, blacked out its encyclopedia today. the bills are meant to try curb anti-piracy and protect intellectual property, however, many believe it is in the loose terminology of both bills, that free expression online may be compromised. as proposed by the bills, it is the priority of the host to ensure the content on its site isn’t an infringement and it calls for the blocking of some websites, especially from some foreign countries.

when it comes to intellectual property, i do realise their worry. thousands of songs and movies are illegally copied or “shared” across the internet every moment, costing the entertainment industry billions of dollars. yet jlo still could afford a $19 million house, and she isn’t the only celeb that’s rolling. so fuck them.

the biggest concern of the 21st century for me is freedom of speech and the broadcasting of pure fact. news agencies such as fox, cnn and to a lesser extent the bbc and al jazeera, aren’t that credible because of their huge agenda’s that they try to push through. you aren’t digesting what happened anymore, you are fed what they want you to perceive. rupert murdoch owns 175 newspapers, all supposedly “independent” of each other. all 175 encouraged the invasion of iraq. it is these big corporations that have these huge agenda’s, which is why i found hope and solace in the internet. a place where anyone could tell their true story, without the auspices of a billion dollar company. a place where popularity and scope was driven by mankind’s passion and love and not billion dollar marketing projects.

i wonder if che guevara, or the anc pre-1994 would have their websites blocked under these very bills. the killing of steve biko, the youth uprising, the incredible picture of the dying hector peterson all lost to the world. events that shaped the very nature of our country, that affected the entire globe could have went by unheard of, not a tear spilt, not a hair raised.

where do we go for the truth? who knows whose fighting for freedom in syria? who knows if iran is really a monster? who knows if fidel castro is terrorist? who really knows what the truth is anymore. it seems to me, as if the united states is trying to stifle the cries of the oppressed, but hey baby, we’re living the american dream!

it seems fitting to end with muhammad ali’s words. it was his birthday yesterday. a true hero of mine. he said these words which sparked his trial where eventually, he was actually convicted and stripped of his boxing title. he was also banned from boxing during his prime, yet still he became a legend of the game and a legend amongst mankind.

“no, i am not going 10,000 miles to help murder kill and burn other people to simply help continue the domination of white slavemasters over dark people the world over. this is the day and age when such evil injustice must come to an end.”
—muhammad ali

~ by euphoricrage666 on January 18, 2012.

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