We've touched on SOPA PIPA a number of times today. First, we commented on how SOPA PIPA may hurdle us into a renewal of the Dark Ages. Second, we talked about the trouble that modern day Pirates. Lastly, we briefly discussed it in our continuing John Boehner posts. As your resident philosopher of note fights the sand in his eyes we shall give you one last tid-bit concerning SOPA PIPA. If you're wondering why SOPA PIPA has been mentioned four times in caps like this SOPA PIPA in the preceding paragraph it is because SOPA PIPA is a hot trend right now and we are shamelessly trying to use that to our Search Engine Optimization strategy that we are cavalierly using from an undocumented source. Take that SOPA PIPA...
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Ok, now that we have become sell outs let us give that last comment on the SOPA PIPA news for today. In our final SOPA PIPA post we'll talk about Marco Rubio decision to jump ship from SOPA PIPA before he is forced to walk the SOPA PIPA plank. Seriously, I'm done. Sorry.
Marco Rubio (R-Fla) was one of the first people to sign on to the PIPA part of SOPA PIPA. (I can't help myself). Anyway, because of the backlash that he faced today because of that which shall not be named from here on out. This wouldn't be all that interesting had he not been so frank in his reasons why. The Huffington Post reports that Mr. Rubio has admitted to signing on to the Voldemort Bill without fully understand the full ramifications and potential problems that would come if the bill were to become law. It is becoming obvious that many of the bill's supporters are finding themselves in the same ship, surrounded by pirates (another name for lobbyists). By the way, we understand Mr. Rubio's befuddlement at Heraclitus' forceful wringing of his hands.
We give Mr. Rubio all the credit for owning up to not fully understanding all of the possible contingencies of such a complex bill facing a complex and consistently evolving issue. Basically intellectual property and laws applying to it have been in what Heraclitus would have dubbed the perpetual flux. Heraclitus may have not been prescient enough to foresee that his doctrine could be applied to Intellectual Property laws 2,487 years after his passing. But that shouldn't be a problem to discredit him. You, who have presumably read another one of my posts. Were you prescient enough to see this coming? We weren't even that prescient and we are writing it. But, what can you do? You certainly can't step into the same river twice.
Basically this points to a really powerful and difficult issue that modern policy making faces. The digital age has exposed policy making to a break-neck speed that it simply can't cope with. This isn't any political side's fault. The policy may eventually catch up to the technology. But by the time it does, the technology will have changed. This is the exact thing that Heraclitus was telling us about all those years ago! The only thing real is the change itself. In addition to the demands that technological advances are placing on the law the political atmosphere in which this modern policy making must take place has further put time constraints on our politicians. Loud and persistent shouts on both ends on the bell curve of politics force politicians to act quickly to silence the constant ringing in their ears. Unfortunately while it makes one side silent for a moment, the silence is overcome by compensation by the other sides' haranguing. We don't want to bash Mr. Rubio. On the contrary we thank him for his honesty. Good night everyone...
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