QUOTE(TungstenCarbide @ Sun 11th December 2011, 3:42am)
QUOTE(The Joy @ Sun 11th December 2011, 9:37am)
Jimbo really believes that a Wikipedia strike can bend Congress to its will? Sure, it would gain a lot of press, but I do not believe Wikipedia has the power he thinks it has. Jimbo comes off very egotistical and arrogant with this claim. There was a world before Wikipedia, and there still will be a world after Wikipedia. Good gravy, he even admits that the "straw poll is NOT a vote" and is just to see if anyone is interested. In other words, if he thinks the strike should happen, it IS going to happen. Am I reading that right?!?
What exactly is he and other Wikipedians concerned about with SOPA?
If there is a strike, Jimbo is sure to be interviewed by every major news outlet, his speaking career will be rejuvenated and chicks will throw themselves at his feet. It's a win-win-win.
To look at the silver lining, the "win" for others here is that this kind of thing really does separate the wheat from the ... idiots and brown nosers. So it makes for a handy list if any of these folks try to run for ArbCom or something. I'm quite disappointed in a couple (Hans Adler). And impressed with one or two. Wehwalt ran for arbcom before didn't he? I can't remember if he dropped out or didn't make it. Anyway, he's one of the few people making sense over there.
I made a list of the dummies, but here are the good comments:
User:Eraserhead1 - "If you feel really strongly about this go and protest in your own time."
User:Townlake - "The sense of entitlement reflected in this proposal is Occupy-grade obnoxious."
User talk:Fox - "What the hell am I supporting? Are we going to wipe the servers for a week or something? If so, don't be so bloody stupid."
User:TCO - too god damn sensible for wikipedia
User:Wehwalt
User:Russavia - holy fucking christ, Russavia is very right and actually insightful about something