Lack of communication and inaction are two very different things though. In the case of SOPA, they would pass the bill next week, then email petition singers 6

Lack of communication and inaction are two very different things though. In the case of SOPA, they would pass the bill next week, then email petition singers 6 months after the fact on how anti-American the petition is. The petition in this hypothetical situation didn't delay anything, but prompted a communication at a later date.