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For starters, how about they separate "counterfeiting" from "online piracy". The only reason they added them together is because they know people would be more inclined to agree with counterfeiting laws, so they hope the anti-piracy stuff passes under that counterfeiting umbrella.

Also this feels like bad news rather than good news. The only reason they would post-pone it is if they thought it wouldn't pass, and then the bill would be killed forever. So in that case, I think I would've rather had the voting go on.




To be sure, they'll try using the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window to pass something with a similar effect.

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure." - Thomas Jefferson


Isn't it just slightly over-the-top to hint that the solution to annoying, stupid, misguided SOPA legislation is violent revolution?




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