“Eurobloggers who wish to use their real names may be out of luck. For better or for worse, Europe lacks a First Amendment and the respect for limited government, private property and free enterprise that America still enjoys. And Europe sure doesn’t have a Judge Stewart Dalzell, who correctly predicted seven years ago that ‘the strength of our liberty depends upon the chaos and cacophony of the unfettered speech the First Amendment protects.'” Declan McCullagh —Why Europe Still Doesn’t Get the InternetNews.com)

So.. blogs are so powerful now that a legislative body is considering enforcing the right of the fisked to fisk back.