Re: Hijacked Domain Names--should be: Hijacked Network

[tor@wtv.net (Johnny Cannuck)]

That guy Bob, wrote:
>>
>>  The United States government and it's
>> laws or agencies including the NSF have
>> *no* jurisdiction here in Canada where
>>  I live nor the rest of 190+ nations of
>>  the world. Whu do Americans continue to
>>  imagine otherwise? The AlterNIC or my
>>  envisioned FreeNIC or any other NIC all
>>  are equal to InterNIC. All NIC's have equal
>>  right and claim to existance and functioning.
>>


That other guy Tom wrote:
>In simple terms, what I am saying is, stop clobbering the US because
>we were ingenious enough to create this wonderful entity, and generous
>enough to share it with the world.  Are we to be considered greedy,
>corrupt, etc. because we prefer to retain significant input into the
>decision making process over future use and directions of this
>marvelous toy?


 Yes, eh? Especially when the vast
 majority of future users will
 have nothing to do you, Unc Sam.
 And when significant elements of
 the modern internet - the WWW for
 one! - were developed OUTSIDE this
 America kybo of yours.


>  Besides, as a US citizen who lived in Iran for 18 months,
>I still think of Canada as the guys who saved the lives of many
>Americans, at great risk to their own, by hiding them from the
>Ayatollah's thugs.  Remember the 'Thanks Canada' banners hung all
>along the New York border back then?   I still remember, but
>sometimes I wish there was just one little 'Thanks, USA' instead of
>this manifest inferiority complex from some few of our northern
>cousins.

 Hey! We have a *superiority* complex.
 Get it straight Sigmund! And, in a
 previous message I said thanks USA,
 eh hoser? And next time we beat your
 American asses in the 100 meters AND
 the relay have the decency to ADMIT
 we're the better - instead of trying
 to make like it never happened !!!

 Have some Poutine... and take off, eh?

 Johnny Cannuck