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As an online game, Dragon Cave is pretty removed from everything and anything political; there's hardly any sort of platform or agenda implied by an adoptables site. Perhaps more importantly, everything on Dragon Cave is representative of myself (and to a lesser extent, the forum/chat staff), and I typically don't feel it's my place to force any sort of views on people.

However, in the case of SOPA/PIPA (the Stop Online Piracy Act and the PROTECT IP Act, respectively), it's difficult to stay silent. The matching bills allow anyone to accuse a web site of copyright infringement and have it taken down or otherwise crippled (by forcing advertising/payment services to cease all dealings with the site). I won't go too far into the bills; if you want more, check out http://fightforthefuture.org/pipa.

So, for the first time in DC history, I have broken DC's political agnosticism. To raise awareness, DC's skin (for all users) has been replaced with one that I have affectionately dubbed, "Blackout." On the home page, there's a message encouraging users to oppose SOPA and PIPA. After today, everything will go back to normal.

Deciding to use DC to spread a political message was not easy, and I can only hope that I'll never have to make such a decision again.

-applauds-

I think its good that we're supporting our rights even if its on a site like this. Good choice.

You have my complete support. Thank you so much for taking this stand.

Free speech forever.

Cool.

I am so proud. Thanks for doing this. <3

Wow, good on you, TJ. This SOPA business is seriously bad news. Does anybody know if I can do anything as somebody who's not American? 'cause this affects everybody.

Edit: For anybody who's wondering the same thing, here's the answer I got so you don't have to do much searching around:

Thanks, Aliantha!

Also, MindsEye and Stephbexx (and maybe some others I didn't see) have linked this: Avaaz: Save the Internet Petiton, which is open to individuals worldwide.

This post has been edited by songwithnosoul on Jan 18 2012, 03:36 PM

Supporting our First Amendment is something the Internet is very capable of doing.

TJ you are so awesome. <3

Awesome!

Good Idea

I guess I can understand not wanting to mix politics into a pixel game, but it does affect DC so spreading awareness is understandable.

Thank you so much for helping. <3

Thank you.

Thank You!
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This is awesome. It does a good job of spreading awareness without just shutting down the site with no warning or something.

Totally groovy idea TJ, thanks for making the right decision, even if it was hard. I think this is something that affects everyone, and it's good that DC can spread the important message. These bills need to just... go away.

This will be a good skin when it's completed.

Once again TJ you have proven to us what an amazing person you are. Thank your for taking a stand!

Thanks for doing this TJ. It's much appreciated.

And instituting a permanent state of McCarthyism on ALL THE INTERWEBS.

Glad the site's not entirely shut down though. I approve. :3