What SOPA truly means

I heard a lot of chat about the Stop Online Piracy Act, which is supposedly supposed to "destroy the internet as you know it" and I won't be able to even go on sites such as Facebook, YouTube, Blogger, and even Google.  Basically the web will revert to it's original state in the 1990s, where it is the "information superhighway" where there is a lot of credible information and free porn.  These are the rumors and I was afraid of it too, and have been reading a lot about this new law that is supposed to pass.

But I seen the horses mouth and it seems like it is not a big deal at all.  What the bill is supposed to do is to have more regulations on the internet for copyright infringement, but will start to include the foreign rogue sites out there that can be damaging to your computer.  These sites are from other countries and let you "bootleg" stuff from the internet, which is theft.   It is NOT going to be something that will send the internet into a "dark age" or block sites that are legal, and even the President uses such as Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Twitter, etc.

I am for freedom of speech, but I think the internet is starting to go downhill in the first place.  I don't have anything against shooting your opinion out on the web if you are intelligent, educated, and know what you are talking about.  You should have good writing skills and a lot of critical thinking to contribute to the blogosphere and the interactive section of the internet.  But I think the credibility of the info is starting to go downhill; it is more opinionated garbage by some 15 year old head up your butt teenagers that think they "know it all" and some 2012 Armageddon crusaders.  I don't have anything against shooting your opinion on the Web, but you should have some brains on the internet.

I am looking for stuff on lets say Google or Bing, and all you find is not anything reliable, but someones opinion.  That makes you flip out even more and force you to get a book from the library to get some credible information.

I don't have anything against the internet; it is a thing that basically changed the world.  It is freeing the world and making people more connected than ever before, but it is also making people weird and isolated.  The internet had good intentions - great for spreading capitalism and free speech around the world, and it is the only true "free society" we have right now, unless you are in China.