{"id":1507,"date":"2012-01-18T09:55:38","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T16:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/162.243.68.163\/blog\/?p=1507"},"modified":"2012-01-18T15:26:10","modified_gmt":"2012-01-18T22:26:10","slug":"due-process-is-so-20th-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tekhedd.com\/?p=1507","title":{"rendered":"Due process is so 20th century"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am pleased to see that the new SOPA legislation sets the precedent for silencing speech without due process. Combined with the new &#8220;extended detention&#8221; laws, this should make it much easier for me to control dissent when I am made emperor of the world.<\/p>\n<p>Relax and enjoy your new rules, or be disappeared and silenced. It&#8217;s for your own good. I said so.<\/p>\n<p>Once I am appointed, these sites in particular will be silenced immediately. (And any sites that link to them, of course):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/google.com\/takeaction\">Google&#8217;s petition that everybody seems to be signing<\/a> will force me to shut down Google entirely<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pajiba.com\/think_pieces\/the-stop-online-piracy-act-sopa-and-the-protect-ip-act-pipa-explained-with-profanity-.php\">SOPA explained. With profanity.<\/a> While funny and educational, I will regrettably have to silence it.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act\">Wikipedia&#8217;s anti-SOPA drivel<\/a> is as bad as their rabble-rousing blackout.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/getyourcensoron.com\/\">Get Your Censor On<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/uncyclopedia.wikia.com\/\">Uncyclopedia<\/a> seems to be on my side. Too bad. Under my reign there will be <em>no exceptions<\/em> for parody, comedy, or other frivolous reasons!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And, of course, those responsible for these sites will be imprisoned. Sometimes a little censorship and imprisonment are necessary for the good of all. Due process only gets in the way. Perhaps you only say that you agree because you&#8217;re afraid of disappearing, but that&#8217;s fine with me.<\/p>\n<p>You might think that because I am linking to these sites, this site will also be shut down, and I will have to detain myself. I will not. Selective enforcement is what makes laws like SOPA and &#8220;indefinite detention&#8221; useful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am pleased to see that the new SOPA legislation sets the precedent for silencing speech without due process. Combined with the new &#8220;extended detention&#8221; laws, this should make it much easier for me to control dissent when I am made emperor of the world. Relax and enjoy your new rules, or be disappeared and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[255,253,254,252,256],"class_list":["post-1507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-censorship","tag-due-process","tag-freedom","tag-sopa","tag-world-domination"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekhedd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekhedd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekhedd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekhedd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekhedd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1507"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/tekhedd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1510,"href":"https:\/\/tekhedd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507\/revisions\/1510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekhedd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekhedd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekhedd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}