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Plan for UN to run internet 'will be shelved' (but now on international agenda)
Financial Times ^
| 11/10/03
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Posted on 11/10/2003 3:26:49 PM PST by Mark Felton
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To: Mark Felton
"Poorer nations such as Brazil, India, South Africa, China and Saudi Arabia, as well as some richer ones...
Poor my A$$.
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posted on
11/10/2003 4:31:26 PM PST
by
Stand_Up
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
"put Hillary in charge of the DOJ/FCC/ICC/Dept of Commerce for one month and the Internet, TV, and all radio would be filtered for "hate speech" and "intolerance" and "fair and balanced" criteria... "
Yep...
*shivers involuntarily*
The Internet is the one of the last bastions of freedom left to people. I suppose that's why the lefties hate it.
They can have my keyboard when they pry it from my cold dead hands!
HB
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posted on
11/10/2003 4:32:27 PM PST
by
Hoverbug
To: rs79bm
"I know! Let's give control back the inventor---- Al Gore!!!"
Yeah!! And for our security, Al would put the Internet in a lock box. ;)
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
Well we gave away the Panama canal didn't we ?
To: Mark Felton
Brilliant idea: Turn the internet over to the UN because China and Brazil would like that.
Guess we'd find an underground alternative internet if that happened.
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posted on
11/10/2003 4:37:34 PM PST
by
kcar
(T)
To: Mark Felton
I can picture it now... Robert Mugabe denounces the white oppressors for taking all the class "A" 16 bit mask addresses and declares that the Zimbabwean people have siezed 15.0. and henceforth the Zimbabwe Peoples Party will start distributing the 15.0. addresses to needy peasants and Party members...
Jimmuh Carter writes a guest editorial in the Atlanta Constipation agreeing with the move and perky Katie Couric runs a puff peace on Constanzia Lubumbeze who runs a Socialist Lesbian Blog on the WWW who will be one of the first users of the new class A addresses...
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posted on
11/10/2003 4:41:07 PM PST
by
chilepepper
(The map is not the territory -- Alfred Korzybski)
To: Hoverbug
"They can have my keyboard when they pry it from my cold dead hands!"
And isn't the UN trying to regulate guns here in the U.S. as well?
To: proud American in Canada
And isn't the UN trying to regulate guns here in the U.S. as well? I believe confiscate would better describe what they are trying to do with our guns.
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posted on
11/10/2003 5:01:55 PM PST
by
c-b 1
To: veryone
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posted on
11/10/2003 5:04:44 PM PST
by
ohmage
(Heading down to the slopchute for the birthday party)
To: Mark Felton
I think this article (because of the technical ignorance of the author) is referring to the world wide web (www), not the internet.
There is one hell of a lot more on the "internet" than just world wide web traffic.
To: weegee; znix
[They want it so they can "tax" it.]
It's about censorship; specifically content from the land of Free Speech (America).
All of the above.
They mainly want to control the spread of unwanted ideas. You will note that those in opposition are mainly totalitarian regimes who are extremely fearful of uncensored communications reaching their great unwashed. God forbid that they might receive unfiltered information and might start to think critically about their circumstances.
Next they want to tax it. Specifically, they want to extract wealth from the USA and the West to redistribute to the rest. Probably they will want to impose a graduated access tax, with "select" countries exempted.
Then of course, they would insist on free advertising for their pet causes. Thus users would be inundated with popups advertising all manner of socialst causes.
The Dims would of course go along with these controls, as long as they could benefit similarly in the USA. I can imagine an "Internet Fairness Doctrine" coming down the pike in time.
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posted on
11/10/2003 5:15:37 PM PST
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
("...the right of THE PEOPLE to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.")
To: TheAngryClam
[Rich and poor countries are also at odds over creation of a "digital solidarity fund" that would finance investment to bridge the "digital divide" in access to information and communications technologies.]
After decoding: "And you rich mofo's will pay for it!"
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posted on
11/10/2003 5:25:17 PM PST
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
("...the right of THE PEOPLE to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.")
To: proud American in Canada
Proud,
You bet they are. I don't think they'll have much success though. Not from lack of trying, but from resistance from Americans.
Hb
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posted on
11/10/2003 5:34:24 PM PST
by
Hoverbug
To: proud American in Canada
Hey, UN, when you invent something, you're more than welcome to manage it. Actually, they HAVE invented something that they are managing: Freeloading off of the United States.
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posted on
11/10/2003 5:35:07 PM PST
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
("...the right of THE PEOPLE to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.")
To: Mark Felton
No. NO NO NO, that's all we need is a bunch of despot third world dictators getting together and deciding what should and should not be allowed - I'm sure China would definitely not want certain things on the internet (such as free speech).
To: Holly_P
Everytime I hear anything vaguely related to the phrase"it's for the children", I get chills up my spine....I don't know why, perhaps it has something to do with the Constitution and firearms and a few other things. Yes, upon further reflection, that's why - too many would throw too much away "for the children".
To: Mark Felton
Is this for real?
The UN wants to control the Internet??
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posted on
11/10/2003 6:06:03 PM PST
by
Mo1
(http://www.favewavs.com/wavs/cartoons/spdemocrats.wav)
To: Mark Felton
Poorer nations such as Brazil, India, South Africa, China and Saudi Arabia When did Saudi Arabia become a "poor" nation? Did the eeeevil Joooooz swoop in and steal all their oil?
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posted on
11/10/2003 6:06:23 PM PST
by
Alouette
(I have 9 kids)
To: Mark Felton
This thread has been duly noted by the UN Committee on Divisive Activities and all users have been zotted indefinitely, pending successful re-education in Collective Sensitivities 101. "Rich" and "Poor" are non-egalitarian code words that fosters hate and hurtful feelings reminiscent of anarchonistic jingoism. Those thus charged are electronically convicted and are assessed the "Hate Surcharge" (also electronic).
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posted on
11/10/2003 6:49:02 PM PST
by
kcar
(T)
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