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Well the number of abortions is far lower than the number of people on the internet or even the people using file sharing. I think that OP was just saying that the impact of SOPA effects a larger number of people, not that the impact was more acute.

Everyone has to make judgement calls with their votes, that is how democracy works. There are some people who have little interest in the internet, there are some that don't have an opinion on a woman's right to choose. This doesn't make them bad people, it just means that the issues that drive their votes are different than the ones that drive your own.

If these issues had a broad consensus they wouldn't be such big election topics. Believe it or not, there are some people voting for candidates because they are pro-life, if there weren't then candidates would not publicize their stance on the topic.




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