Quote Originally Posted by Putin View Post
Ooo, cvrle77 said words of wisdom in chatbox; "its dumb to go with peaceful protest against dictatorship". Agreed, they claim to be a democracy (therefore in an ideal world would listen to the protests but they wont) - peaceful protest wont do anything (might not even raise awareness because mainstream news wont bother to report it).
First off, there are many forms of democracy, only one of which involves directly listening to the individual voices of the electoral base. While the United States is not a direct democracy of old, it is certainly not a dictatorship. Were that the case, these laws would have already been passed and in much worse form. You wouldn't be talking about CISPA because SOPA and PIPA would have already been made law.

Secondly, the most dramatic changes to ever occur in the American government were caused by peaceful protests. Heck, some of the most important changes world-wide have been by peaceful protest. You should probably brush up on your history before you make assertions like that. Even #occupywallst has raised enough awareness to force mainstream media coverage.