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EU Claims Internet Could Fall Apart Next Month
freaktheclown writes "The battle for the control of the Internet could hit a climax next month, with the EU saying that it could 'fall apart.' From the article: 'The European commission is warning that if a deal cannot be reached at a meeting in Tunisia next month the Internet will split apart. At issue is the role of the US government in overseeing the Internet's address structure, called the domain name system (DNS), which enables communication between the world's computers. It is managed by the California-based, not-for-profit Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) under contract to the US Department of Commerce.'"
US says NO, EU & China says FuckU. They bomb the shit out of each other. Every one lives peacefully ever after.
My shiny toy! Mine! Mine! WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
You will have the Working internet controlled by Icann and the only sometimes working lead by some third world country.
"Under threat" doesn't equal "Forbidden". What country would you say has a more concrete right to freedom of speech than the US, since you're throwing stones? The US Supreme Court has consistently held that pornography is protected speech, despite Congress periodically threatening to "protect the children" in order to pander for votes.
It's intuitively obvious to even the most casual observer that the reason behind this EU and UN grab for internet power is in order to suppress speech they disagree with. If not that, then why bother?
All movements for social change begin as missions, evolve into businesses, and end up as rackets.
Mandatory joke
Q: How do you call someone who speaks only one language?
A: A citizen of USA.
Btw, how many is a brazillion? : )
yeah, that's something to brag about.
Well most in europe and a lot of other democratic countries, free speech is taken for granted.
And that's precisely why you've lost ground when compared to the situation in the U.S. You people are absolute fools.
Re: naked people and bleeping on tv:
We're talking about political speech here. Even a dumb European such as yourself ought to be able to understand that all the cursing and naked bodies on tv does you no good if you can't even whisper anything against your government and its policies. Maybe the kind of free speech you're talking about is the real opiate of the masses, because as long as your media isn't messed with, you're perfectly content and won't notice nor care that your other free speech rights are going down the tubes. If I was a dictator and wanted to enslave my populace, that would be an excellent way. All the porn you want, all the drugs you want, etc., just zone out and be happy, and I'd have no resistance to taking over.
Well, everybody thinks that their system is the best, that must meen that the one I have and you have is good enough for us.
Good enough for you and your dimwitted fellow countrymen. On the sane side of the ocean we treasure and are ever watchful over our liberties.
Remember, there are some countries out there that don't have Freedom of Speech, Religion, Protest, Anonymity or many other things.
Well then, you'd think the U.S. would be happy to go along with them.
Terrorists can attack freedom, but only Congress can destroy it.
Oh I see, you guys are advertising free speech as in "Shut the fuck up"...That is a consistent stance on free speech...(sic!)
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What are you, a retard? Or do you just play one on
'STFU' is not a command, it's an interjection. As in "I say, old boy, I think you may be mistaken in your views."
Mod down people who tell people how to mod in their sigs
You don't hate using all the things we have invented and brought to the world. Phones, Cars, Planes, the use of Electricity (you know like in EVERYTHING you use, starting with that silly thing, the light bulb), of course we should mention the Internet. Not good enough, how about the equation defining energy, e=mc2. Still not good enough, how about lesser things like Air Conditioning (enjoy food not spoiling?), bi-focal lenses, carbon 14 dating, personal computers, the laser!!!! Shall I list some medical advancements? We both know I could go on for hours. Here is a nice link comparing the entire Middle East to 1 us company.p hp
http://www.tompeters.com/entries.php?note=006683.
By no means am I saying that no other country has invented something or had a huge impact on the world. The Romans and Egyptians were very great innovators. The Russians and Germans have done lots of awesome stuff. I am saying that the US is without a doubt one of the greatest nations to have ever existed.
The vast majority of things that have radically changed the face of the world today came from the US. I'm not listing stuff to say we are better then you, I'm doing it to make the point that you are an ungrateful snot. YOU CAN'T REWRITE HISTORY BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE GEORGE BUSH.
It pisses me off to know end when you little trolls act all high and mighty and ridicule the US as some evil nation. We spend more money on helping other countries then any other nation in the recorded history of the world, including the makeshift organization you call the EU!
We aren't an imperialistic country conquering the world like the Romans, Persians, or even the British when they were top dogs. Nor are we perfect, but certainly have done enough to earn some F****** respect!
We invented the G** DAMM internet, it works well, and why in the hell would we hand it over to UN to F it UP like they do everything else... or give some third world country that hasn't earned a damm thing control over it.
If you have such a problem with the US start inventing stuff we didn't already. If you want to vote become a citizen. What are you gonna do about? Be the fat kid who takes his ball and goes home, it's your loss.
English is commonly used in places like France and Germany.
reality check perhaps?
people in germany and france HATE english (not all of them, of course), and most of them refuse to learn and speak it
why do you think france wanted (want?) to make the internet mainly french?
You Americans are so blinded by your own hype you think the entire rest of the world is some 3rd world dictatorship.
And you seem to be incapable of doing anything other than painting every single American, everywhere, with one stereotypical brush. But then you don't sound like the sharpest knife in the drawer, either.
Your entire country is smaller than my home state - one of 50 in the entire country. We have *70 times* your population. And yet you rant like a fucking juvenile as if one sort of American represented every single American in my country. That's either naive or so damned stupid a law should be passed to prevent your type from polluting the gene pool by breeding.
Max
My god carries a hammer. Your god died nailed to a tree. Any questions?
Anyway, you've broadened the intent of my statement, I mean "Americans with attitude like yours" not "All Americans".
He did nothing of the sort. You're doing the desperate backpedaling, either because you're just now realizing what sort of arrogant little fuckwit you've portrayed yourself as to hundreds of thousands of strangers, or because your grasp on your (supposedly) native language doesn't even meet minimal standards. So either you're an egomaniacal ass, or just plain stupid, or both.
Max
My god carries a hammer. Your god died nailed to a tree. Any questions?
When Americans stop making ignorant statements, I'll stop accusing them of ignorance.
Do you think I *CARE* aobut *YOUR* opinion? I take as much pleasure in conversing with malignant little newbie shits as yourself as I do scraping excement off my boots. Take your opinion and shove it - I wasn't talking to you asswipe.