I came here to chew gum and exercise my democratic rights, and I'm all out of democratic rights.
@deshipu I remember taking part in a meeting about #ACTA with then-prime minister of Poland, Donald Tusk.
After we reached a stalemate (the government really wanted to push ACTA through) a good friend of mine quipped, half-jokingly, to Tusk:
> Mr Prime Minister, history teaches us that almost the only time a government lets the people gain any freedoms is through a revolution. I would hope we can avoid that.
Context: there were tens of thousands of Poles on the streets protesting against ACTA
@deshipu In broad sense it was, but not directly. I just remember the sudden shift of mood on the ground. One moment nobody ever heard of SOPA/ACTA, then Megavideo dies and suddenly even my mom (who otherwise isn't following such events) starts talking about SOPA, PIPA & ACTA and people are out in the streets protesting.
@temporal @rysiek I wouldn't say it's unrelated.