Imagine A UN-Run Internet

Damon Dimmick writes "Small countries in the United Nations have been arguing to put the Internet under the control of the UN so that countries can more easily monitor (read: control) Internet content. It's on hold for now, but this could become a very real censorship problem, very soon. Some nations have gone so far as to suggest "monitoring boards" for internet content. Here is the link to the Financial Times article. It briefly describes the current situation. Just something to keep an eye on."

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Re:un-run is right

[ender81b]

Pax americana eh? While somewhat true it ignores some pretty big things like, oh, say the USSR's role in keeping the peace or the fact that the US has started more wars in the last 50 years than any other country. Of course, it remains true that beacuse the US is so damm powerful nobody dares attack either us or our allies directly. It is important to note that the US does tend to work through the UN in most cases of international diplomacy -- current administration nonwithstanding.

Most of your other comments were flames, but WHO has done some great work in saving millions of lives and disparaging their contribution shows your ignorance on the subject (what they ahve to do with H-1B visas god only knows).

Iraq was a worldwide effort, while roughly 75% of the troops were US troops from nearly 50 countries did participate and in some cases, Britain and others, were significant combat forces.

Also, in the days after WWII the UN wasn't run solely by allied powers, by this time it was run by countries hostile to the allies (i.e. Soviets and the new Communist China).

Re:Better than a USA-run Internet...

[10Ghz]

Unlike Europe, where "democracy" means a rich, white male as Prime Minster.

You do realize that "Europe" consists of several countries? In Finland, our president is a woman, our previous prime-minister was a woman, our previous speaker of the house was a woman. So, what were you saying?

And yet, still better than Europe.

How can you say that american culture and history is somehow "better" tha European culture and history? How do you define "better" in this context?

Best Medical system too to take care of it, since its not overwhelmed with the non-paying poor.

Any links to proove that the US medical-system is "best"? And since it doesn't take care of all those who need it, can it really be defined as "best"? Besides, there are private hospitals in Finland, where the better-off could go to get treatment. And I dare to say that quality of the care is at least as good as anything you could get at USA.

God Bless America where we have billions to attack foreign countries.

God bless America so they could attack sovereign nations without provocation? And imprison citizens of foreign countries, throw them in to a concentration-camp and hold them there without accusing them of any crime or giving them access to legal aid or consult their embassies? Yeah, God bless America indeed.

BTW, have they found any WMD's in Iraq yet? No? That's what I thought....