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A Private European Internet?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the dns-is-a-consensus-reality dept.

jakemk2 writes "Bill Thompson writing in The Register advocates a private European Internet to stop the fact that it has "been so extensively abused by the United States and its politicians, lawyers and programmers that it has become a serious threat to the continued survival of the network as a global communications medium" Read it here" His logical fallacy is , of course, thinking that the US has a monopoly on this kind of thing.

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  1. This article shoulda been rejected... by FortKnox · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    ...its not US-centric enough!


    (yeah, bad attempt at humor)

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    Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!
  2. Dont forget all europeans use .com instead of .uk by BoomerSooner · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    or .fr or .it

    I say if they want their own internet get the fsck off of ours. All frenchies use smoker.fr all english use badteeth.co.uk all italians use greazzy.it (btw I am italian, and I speak french, spanish and italian, oh english too!).

    BoomerSooner