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Hey all,
Hope you’re settling back into your overheated dorms and are enjoying the (finally) seasonally appropriate weather. Bwog is looking forward to starting up this new semester, but before we really get into the swing of things, we want to take a moment to talk about something super cereal.
Bwog usually doesn’t take upon itself the task of meddling in the affairs of the corporeal world. We will try to feed you, of course; report campus news, sure; showcase snow penises, always. However, there comes a time when an issue arises that needs to be confronted—something more important than opening remarks (remember to tip those) and stereotyping your peers. SOPA, and the accompanying Senate bill PIPA, pose a threat to the current state of the internet, an internet where rage comics roam free, and all movies/TV shows are ripe for the plundering. Bwog needn’t go into (or pretend to understand) the specific policy critiques, but suffice it to say, anything that is going to rob the Internet of Reddit or Wikipedia, be it only for a day, is something worth fighting against. To that end, Bwog will not exist tomorrow from 8 am til 8 pm.
Best,
Bwog
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@Anonymous bwog, never leave me ever again. <3 <3
@Hey Bwog …you’re still here and it’s 8:08 am. What gives?
@Anonymous yeah bwog, you guys SERIOUSLY think you’re going to make a political statement? This is just you riding the wave
@Anonymous such slackers bwog…
@... good god! how on earth can you take a political stance on something you don’t even try to understand! good grief! blacking out because wikipedia and reddit are doing it is really no different than blindly voting for whoever some pundit on television tells you to.
just sayin’
i mean, SOPA is horrible… but really? seriously? reallly??
@don't care about reddit? GO back to 4chan you oldfag
@Anonymous I would link you to the Wikipedia page for humor, but… Ya know..
@... there really is absolutely no point to staging a protest against things you refuse to try to understand with goals you can’t be bothered to figure out unless there are tents, drugs and people bragging about losing their virginity to the media.
@What is needed to clean the internet of filth?
SOAPA!
@don't drop the sopa especially if you’re in prisona
@Just FYI All these sites (Reddit, Wikipedia, Bwog, etc.) aren’t just blacking out to make a statement. If SOPA/PIPA pass, the government will be able to shut down any website that includes content (even if it was posted by a commenter/user) that someone claims is copyrighted. That would pretty quickly shut down Youtube, Wikipedia, Reddit, and probably even Bwog. So tomorrow’s just a taste of what we’ll all face if we don’t kill these bills.
@Anonymous More details: http://vimeo.com/31100268
@Anonymous I LOVE YOU, BWOG!
@Anonymous Fuck SOPA and Rick Santorum!
@Mitt Romney supports the national defense authorization act.
@Anonymous Now there’ll be at least one day on which Spec can confidently say they’re the most visited student-run campus blog.
@Anonymous shit, i didn’t even think to check out spec instead.
@interesting. I don’t mean to detract from the seriousness of the political debate, or to imply opposition to the message that is being sent. But I think it’s nice that the viewing public will have a vacation from bwog for a day. Everyone could use one once in a while.
@New Bwog Tagline We take the internetz seriously.
@Anonymous Bwog: not taking itself seriously enough since 1754.
@Anonymous I swear the United States is transforming into some third rate country, what a fucking disgrace. Talk about a breach of our liberties and natural rights. If Ron Paul isn’t elected president this year, I don’t know which direction our country is headed in, but it won’t be pretty.
@Anonymous http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/story/2011-12-22/ron-paul-newsletters-youtube/52163920/1