On Yahoo News, this Associated Press story is headlined:
Meryl Yourish and Jay Tea don't think having the U.N. run the Internet is such a good idea.
U.S. Insists on Keeping Control of WebBut who's really doing the insisting here? Given that America has control of the Internet because we created it in the first place, the following headline would be more appropriate:
Other Countries Insist on Taking Control of WebFOLLOW-UP
Meryl Yourish and Jay Tea don't think having the U.N. run the Internet is such a good idea.
Posted by GaijinBiker on
10.02.2005 at 5:59pm
Topics: International Relations, Internet, MSM, UN, USA
Topics: International Relations, Internet, MSM, UN, USA
Just another case of the non-producers laying claim to the products of innovators. They “deserve” control…because they don’t have it.
One can only imagine the boring world of a UN controlled internet...page after page of smiling peasants -- maybe they could even toss in a radiant image of Mao looking down from the clouds.
From the crowd that continually chants the virtues of "diversity" one can only expect bland conformity.
From what I can tell, their complaints are about what the U.S. might do (i.e., we wake up one morning and decide we don't like Burundi, so we wipe out all of its domain names.), rather than anything it's actually done.
A user account is required to post comments. If you do not have an account, please feel free to create one. Accounts with obscene or offensive user names will be rejected.
I always have time for a well-articulated opposing viewpoint, thoughtfully and politely expressed in good faith.
However, I have no time for name calling, personal attacks, rudeness, or other types of hostile behavior, whether directed at me or at other commenters.
Therefore, comments I find to be rude, abusive, profane, annoying, or otherwise inappropriate may be deleted. Comments may also be deleted if they are redundant or off-topic.
The maximum comment length is 3,000 characters. Longer comments broken into multiple parts to circumvent this policy will be deleted. If your comment is too long, please edit it down, link to the full text on your own blog, or both.