User blog comment:Timeoin/So, now that we're back online, did it work?/@comment-4256240-20120121184355/@comment-1726879-20120122131634

With all respect, it was more than just the americans who had input into this. Many countries people have also shown their dislike of your governments cock-up. Hearing people from overseas laugh at america's (senators) stupidity will sincerely help them realise that they're being idiots. The internet is a free domain for those who can use it, ONE country should not, will not, and cannot rule over the internet. The only time that these half-witted average age 50+ senators ever get any foothold on the worldwide web is when every country manages to pass the same bill. One country won't be able to take any control of the internet because the worldwide web is, as the title suggests, worldwide. If you want to permenantly shut up your congress, you have to send the message to the people from OTHER countries as much as you do your own, make others realise that it will affect them. If you do, a lot more will get done.