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An Argument For Leaving DNS Control In US Hands

An anonymous reader writes "Ariel Rabkin has a piece over at News Corp.'s Weekly Standard arguing that the US should maintain its control over the Internet. After reading his piece, I have a hard time arguing that it should be handed over to some international body."

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  1. ICANN is a logical choice for this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Just imagine the possibility:

    Ned: Phil? Hey, Phil? Phil! Phil Connors? Phil Connors, I thought that was you!
    Phil: Hi, how you doing? Thanks for watching.
    [Starts to walk away]
    Ned: Hey, hey! Now, don't you tell me you don't remember me because I sure as heckfire remember you.
    Phil: Not a chance.
    Ned: Ned... Ryerson. "Needlenose Ned"? "Ned the Head"? C'mon, buddy. Case Western High. Ned Ryerson: I did the whistling belly-button trick at the high school talent show? Bing! Ned Ryerson: got the shingles real bad senior year, almost didn't graduate? Bing, again. Ned Ryerson: I dated your sister Mary Pat a couple times until you told me not to anymore? Well?
    Phil: Ned Ryerson?
    Ned: Bing!
    Phil: Bing.

  2. Re:Real summary: by Soporific · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Wow a comparison to Hitler, I don't really think you know your history.

    ~S

  3. Go team America!! by CubicleView · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Great argument, dicks fuck assholes, assholes just shit on everything, blah blah blah...

  4. Re:Seriously? by parodyca · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wow, I can't believe my original post got modded troll. Obviously some of the moderators out there are offended by the idea that the US should co-operate with the International community instead of dictating to it. Americans? Unfortunately What you suggest is what will be the likely outcome if the US does not cooperate. That will be sure to break the Internet.

  5. Re:Seriously? by srussell · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    even in those respects you listed, we're still not as bad as other countries around the world

    Nice. Yes, no matter how bad we are, there still exists, somewhere in the world, other countries that are worse than us. It's OK to be evil, as long as there's somebody more evil than us! Go us!

    And really...'illegal war'? What the hell is a LEGAL war?

    Dude... seriously... are you too lazy to look things up, or was that just a troll?

    --- SER