I do believe that you've gone and missed the fact that this is a petition on the White House's official website and that they put a number on it saying "We will investigate this man for corruption if twenty five thousand sign it."CaptainKoala said:
White House petiotioned to Investigate MPAA on account of Bribery
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Well, seeing how it's a White house instigated petition, once they reach... however many signatures, they are obligated to look into it. It's not a "I demand the insta-kill purple dildo knife in Halo 4 to be taken out of the game immediatley. tumbs uP If u agriee!"CaptainKoala said:
Edit: I was so proud of that witty sentence I forgot to finish writing the post. -Type of thing where the developers most likely wouldn't care about it in the first place.
This is exactly how I feel... But wait! I live in California!aegix drakan said:
Really though, soon as I saw this, I made a profile and signed it.
Signature number 25,748! Rubbing it in to make sure it sticks.
wow....they got 25 thou pretty damn quick...personally, i hate the MPAA and FCC and ESRB.Radoh said:
DON'T CENSOR MY SHIT!!!
Not surprising in the least. For all our claims of being a modern society, we still perform the same atrocious acts we did thousands of years ago.boag said:
SOPA didnt pass because there WAS money coming in, from both sides. Google, facebook and other companies have already spend hundreds of millions in lobbying funds. This is exactly what the polititians wanted because until now they recieved nothing from such internet companies.Radoh said:
Just as a comparison, NDAA, which was by all accounts a horror upon the personal freedoms of all Americans passed. Why? Because only one side was funding it to be passed. Sure, everyone in the country was mortified and rallies were made but that makes no difference.
Washington doesn't even want SOPA to be passed because the position its in now means they have cash flowing in from all sides.
Money talks, freedom walks.
Freedom free falls.idarkphoenixi said:
Vanity, vanity, all is vanity. There is nothing new under the sun. Most of the campaigns are paid for by large corporations anyway. The greatest pity is that Dodd cannot be unvoted from his position.michael87cn said:
Does anyone have any information on how the law in the US actually stands on this issue? I mean, not gut feelings or moral views about the legitmacy of campaign finance, merely how the US (statute and case) law currently stands on the issue? More out of curiosity then anything else.
To make matters worse, who do you think makes the laws about donations and such? Oh, the guys receiving them. It's like the fox deciding who guards the hen house.Joby Baumann said:The US does have a cap on donations. Groups just find various loopholes around itTalshere said:This shit is why there is a cap on donations to political parties in the UK
I hope he gets a review and the MPAA gets slated. Especially since its hardly uncommon knowledge that stuff like this happens in the US. Why would people donate such hug sums of money if not for preferential treatment.
Whoa. I have no problem with the ESRB. They are the best of the rating systems. The FCC isn't even a rating system, they merely regulate (read fine when old people complain about cursing on TV or the radio) broadcasters. Still, the FCC can die in a fire. And the MPAA is about as corrupt as it can get. "You want this movie to be rated R to sell better, but its barely PG-13? Okay, its R, now. This movie is R rated, but you won't be able to sell it to younger audiences? Okay, its PG-13, now."Jegsimmons said:
*SIGH* I hate people sometimes. I really do... Maybe I'll sign the petition. Not sure if it'd help, but...
Its the Elephant in the room, most people already suspect that Politicians are living above the law, doing shit that would make people vomit in disgust. All the horrible shit that Dictators do in their own countries, its naive not to think that people in power arent doing these same acts, we just dont speak about it, because we refuse to believe the people that we elect are this horrible.The_root_of_all_evil said: