[Foundation-l] Politico: "Wikimedia foundation hires lobbyists on sopa, pipa"

Mon Jan 23 04:23:50 UTC 2012

On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 2:17 AM, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 11:11 PM, Theo10011 <de10011 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 1:48 AM, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
> >
> >> On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 10:32 PM, Theo10011 <de10011 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Well, that was my point, according to recent rulings, money is speech
> and
> >> > corporations are people
> >>
> >> Really?  That's weird.  What recent ruling said that?
> >
> > Citizens United Vs. Federal Election Commission
>
> It said that money is speech and corporations are people?  Weird.
> Where does it say that?  My search seems to be broken, cause I can't
> find it.
>
> > I was referring to David Kairys quote here.
>
> AFAICT, Kairys' quote was that money *isn't* speech, and corporations
> *aren't* people.

This seems rather dickish.

Let me re-state, I wasn't quoting Kairy but referring to his opposition. If
you read I said "according to recent rulings....", I didn't quote the
legislation or Kairy first, but a layman's understanding of the ruling,
based in part to a quote by a profesor at law.

Regards
Theo