If all the technical and practical reasons fail to sway a pro-SOPA Congressman and Congresswoman, please feel free to mention the one thing they do understand - votes. Remember that most of them couldn&#39;t tell you what DNS stands for, let alone how the process would alter the functionality of the Internet, <div>

<br></div><div>In the election year when there is an expectation of a  high turnout of Democrats to re-elect Obama, there is a growing movement amongst some younger demographics to make SOPA a &quot;stand-alone&quot; reason to vote for/against someone. ie. Did you vote for SOPA? If so, you are not getting my vote. With congressional approval at record-lows, their position on SOPA might cost them their seat on the Hill.  </div>

<div><br></div><div>Also throw in the fact that Comcast announced today that an upgrade on their network makes it impossible for them to actually implement DNS filtering...</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/12/comcast-sopa/">http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/12/comcast-sopa/</a> </div>

<div><br></div><div>Ironic considering Comcast is a big supporter of SOPA...</div><div><br></div><div>So they would be voting for something that doesn&#39;t work and they might lose their seats because of it....</div><div>

<br></div><div>Mark</div><div><br></div><div>Its a practical argument to go alongside all the technical ones.<br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div>Kind regards,</div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Katitza Rodriguez <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:[log in to unmask]"><a href="/scripts/wa.exe?LOGON=A3%3D1201%26L%3DNCSG-DISCUSS%26E%3Dquoted-printable%26P%3D4843521%26B%3D--14dae9340bf9a662bf04b6590313%26T%3Dtext%252Fhtml%3B%2520charset%3DUTF-8%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a></a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

may be of interest,<br>
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<a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/12/sopa-undermines-united-states-oecd-negotiations-free-open-internet" target="_blank">https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/<u></u>2011/12/sopa-undermines-<u></u>united-states-oecd-<u></u>negotiations-free-open-<u></u>internet</a><div class="HOEnZb">

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On 1/12/12 10:06 AM, Marc Perkel wrote:<br>
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Unfortunately I&#39;m not the biggest checkbook in the room.<br>
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On 1/12/2012 9:39 AM, Jorge Amodio wrote:<br>
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The most compelling argument legislators understand is &quot;If you support<br>
SOPA, me and all my family, friends and enemies wont vote ever for<br>
you.&quot;.<br>
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Or in some other instances &quot;What is the amount I&#39;ve to put on the check?&quot;<br>
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-J<br>
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On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Marc Perkel&lt;<a href="mailto:[log in to unmask]" target="_blank"><a href="/scripts/wa.exe?LOGON=A3%3D1201%26L%3DNCSG-DISCUSS%26E%3Dquoted-printable%26P%3D4843521%26B%3D--14dae9340bf9a662bf04b6590313%26T%3Dtext%252Fhtml%3B%2520charset%3DUTF-8%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a><u></u>org</a>&gt;  wrote:<br>
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In 2 hours I&#39;m going to see two congress critters. Nancy Pelosi and Mike<br>
Honda at a fundraiser in Palo Alto.<br>
<br>
What is the most effective argument I can make to these people that will<br>
result in changing their minds?<br>
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