The common person is asking/begging for help. So people should not be
surprised that governments are going to take action. As Paul Vixie notes, this
may result in overlapping legislation and regulation that makes interoperation
of the Internet more difficult. That is worse than a "waste of time".
Perhaps the membership of the IETF could step up, provide leadership, and at a
minimum provide informed advice to the public debate on what will and will not
"work". In the process people might discover work that falls into the
traditional province of the IETF ...
regards, peterf