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Anonymous

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18 Jan 2012 1:24PM

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Say goodbye to the Internet, the protest has BACKFIRED!!! Yes, take a look at today's stock markets, almost everything is UP! The world is indeed doing better, as a whole, without a little extra garbage. This is the only proof they need to restrict access to websites... this protest is doing the work for them, showing the world that the economy benefits from blocked Internet junk.

Way to go. Next time you want to stage a real protest that works in YOUR favor, come ask me, I've got a ton of ideas.

But, you seem to think you're doing just fine without me.

I'll laugh when it all comes crumbling down.

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Anonymous

18 Jan 2012 3:56PM

cool brostory yo

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Anonymous

18 Jan 2012 7:57PM

No, it didn't backfire. The objective was NOT to disrupt the economy or influence world markets, it was simply to RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS. I'd say it worked just fine.

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Anonymous

18 Jan 2012 8:07PM

It is what we call a "peaceful" protest. You do not need to create havoc to get your message across.

You can take your "ton of ideas" and shove them up where the sun dont shine.

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Anonymous

19 Jan 2012 1:49AM

you know you could just say Ass right?

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Anonymous

18 Jan 2012 8:25PM

OP, and who the fuck are you?

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Anonymous

18 Jan 2012 11:41PM

Senator Bill Wrights here..Do you think that a FEW people can change the momentum of the old-determined outlook? How does it feel to be puppets with strings that the whole picture was viewed before public viewing.
You have been trained mentally to subside ...hold on ..there is a a knock at my door..

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Anonymous

19 Jan 2012 10:04PM

"Five days before a critical vote, senators are abandoning an anti-piracy bill they had supported after an outpouring of online opposition to tinkering with Internet freedoms."

"Half-a-dozen of the 40 original co-sponsors of what is known as the PIPA bill withdrew their support Wednesday amid a one-day protest blackout by Wikipedia and other Web giants and a flood of emails to Capitol Hill offices that at times doubled normal volumes."

"When more than 7 million sign a petition on Google"

You'll laugh when it all comes crumbling down? I'll laugh when you look like a dick for being wrong.

...hahaha.

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Anonymous

20 Jan 2012 11:26PM

Yeah, the economy benefits, in favour of the multimillionaires who won't run out of money EVER. For fuck's sake, if you are a billionaire already, why do you want to earn more money? FUCK U!!

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Anonymous

20 Jan 2012 11:31PM

Elvis is in the "building"...

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Anonymous

21 Jan 2012 7:22PM

Shut down will commence in 240 days.

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Anonymous

24 Jan 2012 6:48AM

^^Its common knowledge, that people with loads of money are terrified of loosing even a dollar. Once you have real money, you become a money grubbing magot.

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