Jafo, I regret where this went.

First off I didn't start that crap about North vs. South. Nor did I start slinging stuff about leftists etc., evidently a certain person that was posting was looking for trouble. You don't want that issue debated. I wanted to present my view but that isn't permitted. That speaks for itself.

You are right I did not ask Stardock but you and Snowman both brought this stuff about being non-U.S. and you represent Stardock or at least Wincustomize.

What difference does it make if you are in the U.S. or not? Stardock being more and more non-U.S. is a good thing? Who cares? Why is that so damned important?

ok so you couldn't sign that petition but that doesn't mean you or anyone else posting here couldn't be nice about. I got the feeling that I was being talked down to by a lot of these comments. I thought that censoring the internet was what the post was going to be about and not if you are from America or not. Not if you are a leftist or not.

I've come to the conclusion that I am not ever going to be accepted around here by certain persons. If that is because of things I've said in the past then so be it. You don't care for me Jafo and I know it. That's your choice and you have the power but I have my own opinions and I express them. If you don't want me to open my mouth about what I think then there really isn't any where else to go with this. There is also no reason  for me to post anything here anymore. Thank you.

Yes, someone should.

I fail to see what anything about petitions to US Congress has to do with whether the 'North or South' got it right [or not] in a civil war.

No-one is being censured.  No-one's opinion is being diminished.

The reality is that there will be times when the MOST EMOTIVE issue affecting one elective body has no bearing what-so -ever on others even WHEN those others are equally affected.

I can't help that. No-one can.  The Internet is a GLOBAL Community of disparate individuals with disparate and often conflicting ideologies.

That's life.

People NEED to accept that.

I simply stepped in to remind EVERYONE that this topic...YOUR topic was about a petition, not about US Civil history.

I guess a lot of the politicians have kids - who use the interwebz - and gave daddy/mommy a hard time when half their fave sites blacked out on Wednesday....

It would help some discussions is the US meaning of 'liberal' meant the same as it does everywhere else

In fact, I still have no idea what 'liberal' means in US. Other than it being used to describe just about anything

In the meantime, it's been shelved. The parties are wary of creating more and more issues in an election year, but be aware.

This will return in the future in a different form.

This doesn't mean it will be a well crafted, thoroughly thought out piece of legislation or the opposite, but chances and history favor the former.

Stay alert and informed... your only hope for not getting run over... and resisting this kind of poor legislation protects not only us, but our wonderful friends abroad as well.

Now that's the kind of response I was hoping for. Thank you.

Recently I learned that in Iceland conservative had an entirely different meaning then it does in the U.S. In Iceland conservative means to conserve what they have, liberal social programs. Universal health care and the like. Interesting.

You and me both fuzzy! They use these terms so liberally that it actually starts to mean nothing.

I live in the US and the meaning of the word is very broad. To use something liberally is to use a lot of that something. To spread something liberally is to spread it all over the place. I guess its up to individual interpretation.