Good men had to die to give us due process; yet our government can now officially assassinate citizens without trial.

Good men had to die to firmly establish habeas corpus; yet today our government detains people indefinitely without trial.

Good men had to die to ban unlawful search and seizure; that right lies in ruins amid warrantless phone wiretaps and a farcical law that says email left on a server for more than 60 days is abandoned property.

SOPA is terrible and the right of startups to avoid prosecution for user piracy is important — but for you to invoke the death of American soldiers across countless wars in support of this relatively narrow cause, when there is so much other injustice going on, greatly undermines your point. A little perspective goes a long way.