A similar thing happened with SOPA. The original version was really vague and looked like it could be applied to domestic sites. Some parts were clarified and

A similar thing happened with SOPA. The original version was really vague and looked like it could be applied to domestic sites. Some parts were clarified and became much watered down. That still didn't make the watered down version a good bill, but everyone was still bashing the old version. A question that I find interesting is: would the bill have been so clarified and watered down without all of the people getting irrational about it?