Yeah, thing is SOPA and PIPA affect us all. If it was a purely American issue I wouldnt really care, despite the fact that I am a dual citizen and an american by birth. Dont assume I like everything that goes on here just because I live here. Youd be surprised at how much sway Switzerland has in geopolitics, right since the Wiener Kongress in 1814, something youd know if you had studied history.
And that was the biggest load of bullshit Ive ever heard.
I never said Switzerland didn't have any sway in geopolitics, it's just that what Switzerland says would be largely ignored by just about everyone due to their neutrality. You wanted the UN to be in charge of eradicating child pornography, right? That right there tells me you don't know DICK about the real world, like most of your fellow citizens. The UN is about as useless as a screen door on a submarine, and is only used as a PR tool. You would know that if you lived in the real world. Switzerland is to geopolitics what Catholicism is to atheists.
Of course you'd think it's the biggest load of bullshit you've ever heard; you live in Switzerland. You look at the world from a neutral bubble, safely sitting right on top of the fence. You see nothing wrong with standing on the sidelines and pointing the finger at everyone else while not doing a thing to help or get involved with either party. But it's a necessary evil because the world needs Switzerland specifically for that purpose. However, when speaking about geopolitics, you shouldn't point the finger and chastise anyone if you don't stand for anything. Just STFU. That doesn't mean you can't have an opinion on the topic, but you will STFU about it. You can take a side, you can stay quiet, or you can GTFO. You telling other people in other countries what's wrong with them and their country, and MORE IMPORTANTLY WHAT THEY SHOULD DO, even if you're right, is insulting when you live in a country completely immune from the rest of the world.
I'm not arguing with you; in fact, I agree with everything you said. But my saying the same thing carries a bit more weight than you since I live in the real world. Also, here's a hint: many Swiss people do the same thing you're doing, and that's why they piss everyone off in Europe. They point the finger and criticize everyone else while living safely in their bubble, completely immune to any ill effects of the rest of the world. Knock that shit off.
Oh, and by the way, tell the rest of the Swiss to slow the fuck down on our autostrada. We understand that you're excited that you're able to drive faster than 70 km/h for once, but don't overdo it. Italians drive 150/160 km/h on the autostrada because they know how to drive and regularly do. You, on the other hand, don't. Knock that shit off and stop causing accidents because you don't know how to drive. It's not an amusement park.
BTW, I'm American too. I just live here. You being American "by birth" (which to me means you haven't lived in the US in a long time, possibly ever) doesn't even enter into the argument.
Taking a stand on an issue doesn't mean giving your opinion on it while sitting on the fence. You wouldn't even be interested in SOPA if it didn't affect you, and the only reason it would affect you would be because you wouldn't be able to download what you wanted. You don't care about individual freedoms of Americans...you just don't want the internet to change FOR YOU IN SWITZERLAND. That is why your opinion means exactly shit to the rest of the world.
Before you get mad, remember you opened this can of worms by criticizing everyone else while sitting in your ivory tower. A citizen of a country more socialist than Sweden and conservative as well (who even banned metal bands from playing because they were "satanic") is gonna point the finger at the US and talk about how un-free it is? Are you serious? I mean, I'm not really against socialism...I think the US could use more socialism, actually...but to hear you chastising the US about limiting personal freedoms when you live in Switzerland made me LOL really hard.
