QUOTE(GlassBeadGame @ Thu 6th October 2011, 6:31pm)
You know the whole "blackout" was juvenile and petulant, right? How would more of that help anyone?
QUOTE(Kelly Martin @ Thu 6th October 2011, 6:45pm)
I've never thought much of "protest strikes" and the like. If you're serious, then you go on strike until your demands are met. Going on strike for 24 hours is just a stunt.
Yes, I know that it was a juvenile, attention-seeking stunt:
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Com...obre_2011/MediaThey do something that gains the attention of the media, the media spreads news of "Fascism returning to Italy," and readers of the media scream, "FREE SPEECH." They didn't need to go on for longer than 24 hours because they gained the media's attention in less than 24 hours. They've turned Wikipedia into an effective tool for political activists.
I'm not going to comment on whether the stunt was wrong or not until I understand whether or not Wikipedia was actually endangered. I'm also wondering if Wikipedia had anything to do with
changes being made to the bill. If so, then the stunt might have resulted in something positive.
QUOTE(GlassBeadGame @ Thu 6th October 2011, 6:31pm)
Of course they bailed. If not what are they doing to protect the free speech rights of the newspapers and the other sites still on the line?
Because they believe or they're claiming to believe that the protest was an act of self-preservation rather than activism. Defending non-WMF properties wouldn't be in line with the self-preservation line of thinking.
QUOTE(SB_Johnny @ Thu 6th October 2011, 5:41pm)
Hey, we're all in awe that you can read Italian. You are awesome! Really, really, AWESOME!!!
Maybe you can offer some translations and/or synopses rather than lists of links that the vast majority here can't read. I mean, that would be even more awesome.
I'd rather have you use Google Translate so that you could make your own judgments than to have you depend on my judgments and interpretations alone.
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