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Senator Wants to Keep U.N. Away From the Internet
Martin Boleman writes "ZDNet reports that Sen. Norm Coleman, a Republican from Minnesota, said his nonbinding resolution would protect the Internet from a takeover by the United Nations that's scheduled to be discussed at a summit in Tunisia next month. "The Internet is likely to face a grave threat, If we fail to respond appropriately, we risk the freedom and enterprise fostered by this informational marvel and end up sacrificing access to information, privacy and protection of intellectual property we have all depended on." he said in a statement."
Where did I say that?
Typical american-zealot bullshit. It's either "the right american way" or "the evil horned trolls of the commie reds way!"
What if, and I'm only spitballing here, the day to day operations of the net, the same net that is supported by 100s of countries over the world (like doing business with europe? Want it to continue? You gonna pay for their net access?), actually have a say in how the net will evolve?
Tom
Someday, I'll have a real sig.
Apparently Bush wasn't babbling during the debate. He really DID plan on more than one internet.
He's a genius.
How about America too afraid to deal with the realities of its own present? "Free Speech Zones" when the president or other member of the administration comes to speak, and the government paying columnists to support administration programs, which has been determined to be illegal propaganda, and the recent phony "interview" the president gave with troops in Iraq.
Do you really want *this* organization running the internet?
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
-- Pablo Picasso
Speaking as a former resident of Minnesota and a former NWA employee, and with all due respect to Mr. Coleman, I hardly think he could fill the shoes of a scab at NWA, much less the shoes of one of the AMFA mechanics that used to work there.
I do think AMFA's leadership is a bunch of idiots for the way they've handled things with NWA management, but I respect the hell out of the hundreds of talented folks who kept NWA's aging aircraft flying safely for the decade or so that I worked there.
Mainframe/UNIX Bit Twiddler and long time Windows/Linux Hobbyist.
The Theorem Theorem: If If, Then Then.
Didn't the USA invent the internet? Didn't it grow out of Arpanet and a few universities looking for quick ways to share data? Those other countries should feel lucky that we let them come over and play with our toys. My parents taxes paid for the basic research that started the internet. It belongs to America. They'll take the internet away from me when they pry it out of my cold dead hands.
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France wouldn't even exist if it weren't for us.
And you wouldn't exist if it wasn't for France so I think you're about even