User blog comment:Craiglpalmer/SOPA and PIPA Situation Summary/@comment-4766238-20120118161226/@comment-4625146-20120118164823

Shehi: Of course you can do something. Join the mounting international pressure on the US government.

And you'll see that again in an hour or so. That's how I understand how this will work anyway.

You need to understand that, for all intents and purposes, the USA is the internet's custodian (see: ICANN). If they start doing crap like this, it will balkanize the internet, and send a signal to other countries "hey, you know, it's alright to censor the internet. Yeah, it's all good Syria. Go for it!"