def censor_the_net_2012()

def censor_the_net():
  try: SOPA() # see Stop Online Piracy Act 
  except Protest: # see sopastrike.com 
    try: PIPA() # see PROTECT IP Act 
    except Protest: # see weak links 
      try: OPEN() # see red herring 
      except Protest: 
        try: ACTA() # see Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement 
        except Protest: # see resignation⁽¹⁾, court, vote anyway and advise against
          try: CISPA() # see Stop the Online Spying Bill 
          except Protest: # see Dangers
            do_it_anyway() # destroy free speech and computers (english video).
while wealth_breeds_wealth and wealth_gives_power: # (german text and english video) censor_the_net() # see wealth vs. democracy (german)

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Feel free to use and change this snippet, as long as you include a reference to this page (http://draketo.de/node/475 or http://draketo.de/light/english/politics/def-censor-the-net-2012) or my name (Arne Babenhauserheide).


Here’s the linked english video, embedded (external, not GPL!):