[swalsh]

May I inquire why cheald was downvoted? His post seemed reasonably well written, and, at least in my opinion, contributed to the conversation. I was to be under the impression down-voting in regards to disagreement was discouraged.

[randallsquared]

Perhaps his implication that those who disagree with IP are insane offended some folk.

[cheald]

Re-reading that this morning, I see how I communicated that. Sorry.

I meant to say that while you have to be insane to support legislation like SOPA, most normal people who don't live in castles made of double-platinum records aren't opposed to much more moderate and appropriately-scoped legislation. Some very sane people are opposed to it, and that's okay.