I disagree: I think ebbv's analogy is fair, and talking about CISPA (designed to encourage .com->.gov/.mil data flows) as akin to the Patriot Act (designed to increase .com->.gov data flows) and FISA (designed to regulate .com->.gov data flows) is appropriate.
So is asking about unintended consequences of legislation that's touted as accomplishing one thing but will be far broader. CISPA's sponsors say it's necessary to respond to the real threat of Chinese military hackers, but of course the legislation isn't limited to that.
If there are a series of related and bad bills, offering the same general criticisms of them is reasonable. If you're pro-choice and are upset by state efforts to ban abortion, then you can use similar language ("fully against..." "we shouldn't be putting more power in the hands...") to talk about bills in Arkansas, Colorado, Mississippi, North Dakota, Kansas, etc.
Of course a more detailed discussion involves going into more depth and talking about the differences between each state's anti-abortion proposals.
Since we already have a track-record of the government granting retroactive immunity for illegal acts by ISPs, why do we need CISPA at all?
Why not just have the Feds or whoever call up Google and say "Look, this is really important information, as I'm sure you agree, so let's solve the problem, and if any technicalities were violated along the way, we'll get them excused by the overwhelming benefit of your actions" ?
So is asking about unintended consequences of legislation that's touted as accomplishing one thing but will be far broader. CISPA's sponsors say it's necessary to respond to the real threat of Chinese military hackers, but of course the legislation isn't limited to that.
If there are a series of related and bad bills, offering the same general criticisms of them is reasonable. If you're pro-choice and are upset by state efforts to ban abortion, then you can use similar language ("fully against..." "we shouldn't be putting more power in the hands...") to talk about bills in Arkansas, Colorado, Mississippi, North Dakota, Kansas, etc.
Of course a more detailed discussion involves going into more depth and talking about the differences between each state's anti-abortion proposals.