said by stufried :

Shouldn't this discussion be folded in with yesterday's discussion on the same point:

»U.S. Vs. World in Internet Governance Fight

said by ohwelll :

yes lets just give a bunch of known thieves control of the net...pirates the likes of the UN should controll it!

said by ibpitcher2 :

The UN can't do anything right, how do they expect to run the internet?

said by GOLFnSUN :

I think BBR is lobbying for a UN takeover.

said by Maarvin :

Nonsense! Most of the countries represented at the UN are third world countries.

said by Maarvin :

While we were putting men on the moon, building the first computers, and designing the IEEE specs for the ethernet that was being put into practice, most of these UN represented people had never yet seen so much as a telephone.

said by Maarvin :

Much of the world remained with 18th and 19th century technology if they have any at all.

said by Maarvin :

They have no right to impose their backward standards on us. It is OUR technology. They may ask to use it only under our rules. They have no right to impose their rules on what is rightfully ours.

said by Maarvin :

Nonsense! Most of the countries represented at the UN are third world countries. While we were putting men on the moon, building the first computers, and designing the IEEE specs for the ethernet that was being put into practice, most of these UN represented people had never yet seen so much as a telephone.