Save the Maker of the New-Fashioned Soapbox!

Please help save the maker of the new-fashioned soapbox. Come to his aid, if you will.

I called my congressmen tonight, asking them to oppose SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (PROTECT IP Act).

Now, the idea behind SOPA (the House version of the bill) and PIPA is worthy enough. Congress simply aims to stop piracy, to keep people from infringing on copyright laws.

But, they go about it wrong. They go after the websites people are on when they commit the infringements. That's a like going after the maker of a soapbox that someone is on when they slander someone.

You can't do that. When you regulate the people who aren't doing the wrong, when you take away a freedom from people who shouldn't have the freedom ripped away, you are infringing on all of our rights as Americans.

And, when you require the person who owns the soapbox to be responsible for what is said by the people who jump on it, you certainly are going after the wrong person.

We have built a truly wonderful thing in this new-fangled soapbox, the Internet. Let's not let our Congress rip apart both it and our freedoms at the same time.

Oppose SOPA. Oppose PIPA. Call your congressman today.