I think that bitcoin.org should remain apolitical. However maybe it
would be good if the blackout to take effect on bitcointalk.org if
theymos and Sirius believes it is appropriate.
Bitcoin.org should provide bitcoin.
On 17/01/2012 11:59 AM, slush wrote:
> I agree Bitcoin should avoid making any bold political stands.
I agree on this. Please don't turn Bitcoin project/homepage into some
political agitation. Not everybody care about political attitude of
main project developers.
slush
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 1:46 AM, Alan Reiner <etothe...@gmail.com
<mailto:etothe...@gmail.com>> wrote:
You guys are representing both extremes of the issue. In response
to Jeff and Luke-Jr, I don't see how this is /just any other
poltical issue/. It strikes at the heart of everything Bitcoin is
about. Barring Bitcoin-specific legislation, I don't see how any
legislation could be more relevant to Bitcoin and the community
around it.
On the other hand, Bitcoin is still a non-entity, and shouldn't
get in the business of making statements. A central voice for
Bitcoin gives the impression that it is actually centralized, and
one that has opinions. Plus I wouldn't be surprised if some,
heavily-invested Bitcoin users were of the opinion that
SOPA/PIPA/whatever could be a huge profit for themselves: once
SOPA kicks in and businesses around the world start getting cut
off for legit or illegitimate purposes, a lot of them could
potentially switch to Bitcoin to keep their business going. That
could be a huge boon for Bitcoin. You may not agree it's worth
the tradeoff, but people are selfish and may not actually
understand or even care about SOPA legislation itself.
I think it's /not inappropriate/ for something to be mentioned on
the website about Bitcoin's philosophy being threatened by SOPA,
but I agree Bitcoin should avoid making any bold political
stands. Users could be reminded that SOPA affects yet another
thing they care about, but it might be better to avoid it
altogether. If any response is made, it should be a very light one.
-Alan
On 01/16/2012 07:30 PM, Amir Taaki wrote:
Bunk argument. This is an issue that affects bitcoin directly.
Wikipedia has far more need to remain neutral and apolitical than bitcoin
ever does- you've read Satoshi's politically charged whitepaper or seen the
genesis block quote.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Action
The Wikipedia community decided on a full and global blackout. Bitcoin
should do the same in unison with the rest of the web- sites like Reddit, 4chan
and Wikipedia.
It's funny / almost comical how you consign this to being just another
issue or case of moral alarm. Sad.
----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development]bitcoin.org <http://bitcoin.org>
SOPA/PIPA blackout
On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Amir Taaki<zgen...@yahoo.com>
<mailto:zgen...@yahoo.com> wrote:
How is this not the most important world issue right now?
EVERYTHING is under threat. Go nuclear to show our nerd-rage.
Everybody blank your personal sites too. Americans, take to the streets.
World, go scream at the US embassy.
There are always issues that raise ire and moral outrage. I would
rather thatbitcoin.org <http://bitcoin.org> stay apolitical -- our users
will appreciate
this in the long run.
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