SOPA needs to wash up

In the article SOPA loses BSA support for online censorship Microsoft, Apple, and Adobe all agreed that the Stop Online Piracy Act needs some more work. The act as it stands is like a giant fish net that allows any copyright holder who feels as if their copy right is being infringed to have the website hosting it remove the content. IF the website hosting it fights this or if the copyright holder wants to they can cut off all forms of advertising which will deal a significant blow to the revenue of the website. What Microsoft, Apple, and Adobe all saw was cluster of mines that no company could steer through unharmed.  They are in support of protecting and enforcing copyright holders authority, but they also agreed that SOPA’s wording took it way too far. I have been watching over SOPA and bills like it for quite some time. This isn’t the first time big business has tried to “buy” the internet. However what has been shown is the uproar it will cause for this is not the first time this has happened. In Egypt and London the internet proved to circumvent a government that was trying to oppress its people; however, with SOPA it has been compared to communist china that blatantly censors whatever the government does not deem right. Internet piracy is bad but the way big business make it out to be is far from the truth.  We don’t need to give Hollywood complete control of the internet in order to stop internet piracy. We just need some self-control.

Inspiration In its Entirety

In small and large ways, we are all inspired. We draw our inspiration from people, pictures, art, music, behaviour, nature, etc. Consider something that inspires you and write a blog post of 300-350 words about it. Here are some things you may touch on:

• Describe the source of your inspiration- be specific and detailed.
• What feelings or emotions do you experience?
• Are you alone or do you share this inspiration with others? Are you aware of others having an alternate reaction to your source of inspiration?
• Forecast how long you think this inspiration will last- does it inspire you in the moment or something that you will derive inspiration from for the years to come?

Inspiration to me comes in many forms. People can inspire me but this is often rare unless I truly focus on what I want to learn from them. Communing with God in his natural creation draws much inspiration. Meditation of things such as in the silence of the waves lapping on the beach or taking a deep breath in the middle of a forest makes me feel his presence as though it was right next to me. I take inspiration from everything to be genuinely honest but what sticks with me is what makes me happy to be blunt.

People that inspire me right now are those with difficulties that I would be crushed under but still maintain their highest quality of work possible. I am inspired by them to use every second of my life that, most days, is a breeze. I don’t have it as hard and is a luxury that I am learning to appreciate; and, utilize to its fullest. In my year up class two ladies have caught my eye for their undeletable strength. They deal with outside noise akin to being in the front row in front of the speakers at an AC DC concert going on at a bomb range and they still survive, and some days, thrive. I constantly find myself helping them but I feel it is the least I can do for the inspiration and motivation to be better than I am always.

In the grander scale of things the sole inspiration I will always have with me in the good or bad days is my faith and walk with Christ. I feel the holy spirit in me like it’s another person and I can feel its strength on my darkest days. I also feel its joy and happiness on the brightest of times. Celebration and worship to me constantly inspire me. They work in me to grind out the little pebbles and help me keep a solid focus on the tasks ahead of me seeing through Christ’s eyes.

Inspiration takes many forms to me. Be it strength to do what I know must be done. Be it the cleansing and recovering power found in the only person that has been with me since I was born. I know in my heart how it feels to be inspired; it is like a roaring inferno made of love and genuine care.