SOPA/PIPA in 'the tip of the iceberg'

So there was a big web protest on Wednesday about these bills in the US legislature, with the usual acronym-name paradigm: SOPA and PIPA. A full list of the sites participating in the blackout can be found here. I wasn't particularly affected by these blackouts, except for being unable to access wikipedia and having to wait 10 seconds to navigate through to the craigslist jobs listings. I also enjoyed this comic protest by xkcd.

Myself, I streamed the Real Madrid v Barcelona Copa del Rey match through a dubious source. That was my protest, I suppose. To be clear, I did not vote for a single person who currently thinks they can speak/act/represent in an official capacity for me, and as such did not grant them any right to do so. The US legislature does not represent me in any way or form. I do not recognize their authority or jurisdiction. I did not sign any petitions nor have I registered to vote since that fateful 18th birthday. Government is corrupt and illegal, genocidal and malicious. I only support the elimination of existing laws: we need to throw the books of law on the bonfire like the banned-book-burnings of the totalitarian states - only this would be burning the fascism. The only solution is intense global balkanization.

By the way, something much worse than these two pieces of paper is already in place, signed into international law by eight countries (United States, Japan, Canada, Australia, South Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, and South Korea) on 10.1.11 in Tokyo. The Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement (ACTA) was negotiated in secret (on the nonsense basis of national security) and with an advisory committee made up of large US corporations. The European Union (EU), Mexico, and Switzerland were part of the negotiations but did not sign the treaty, but attended the ceremony as a sign of solidarity and pledge to sign the treaty as soon as it is "practicable", whatever that is supposed to mean. It seems the current wording of the agreement would make it illegal under EU data protection law.

It is really amazing that the internet didn't freak out about ACTA but went batshit over SOPA/PIPA. Lets get our priorities straight people.