Re: Why no action alert, coalition opposing S. 974?

[Mike Godwin <mnemonic@eff.org>]

Shabbir writes:

> S 974 is a silly bill.  It's like someone went around and made a list
> of all the things that would irk us and then wrote legislation
> around it.
> 
> However this bill isn't immediately going anywhere, and there's more
> dangerous legislation on the floor that is looking a lot like a loaded
> gun.
> 
> VTW is tracking this bill and will put out alerts on it if it becomes
> a more valid threat.  However until then we'll not try to divide the
> forces of the net on bills that aren't yet a serious threat.
> 
> Read the bill, familiarize yourself with the analyses, but let's not
> go running off every time some DC bozo writes a terrible bill.  Especially
> when there isn't even a subcommittee hearing scheduled yet.
> 
> Let's try and do *one thing* at a time.
 
I just want to say: I endorse everything Shabbir says here. 


--Mike