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TechcentralStation discusses the mindset of the UN: "[T]he real problem in the collective mind of the United Nations is not that the United States controls the internet, but that no one does." And:
The claim -- like most UN claims -- is based on the idea that, because it has the form of a government, the UN can grant itself whatever government-like powers it desires. In this case, the UN has decided it has an information age power of eminent domain and can take over any communications network of international scope. One should also bear in mind the dead-on critique of the UN by historian Robert Conquest in The Dragons of Expectation: Reality and Delusion in the Course of History:
The words "United Nations" have a splendid sound. . . . Not so fast. . . . . Many UN states exist . . . that in no sense embody a civilized past, present, or future for the world or themselves. Its members include governments largely or totally opposed to their own citizens' liberty and, of course, to Western culture in general. . . . It is not, therefore, a body whose powers can be allowed to include rulings contrary to our principles.(p. 57)
posted by James DeLong @ 1:12 PM | Internet: P2P, Search Engines...
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