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bbrizzi on Jan 12, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: ThePirateBay.Org Is Immune from SOPA

The mere fact that SOPA uses DNS to identify particular web sites and their "origin" shows how little these lawmakers know about internet and its technologies.

dextorious on Jan 12, 2012 [–]

Only, they don't have to know shit.

If what they do re: blocking doesn't fit their purposes, they can adjust it so it does.

If you have the power to pass laws to a specific objective, the technical details are irrelevant.

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