Re[2]: KIS ASS

[wbenton@NWS.MEMOREX.CO.JP]

The Internet is the only truely nationally boundless thing in the world.  What 
the US Gov. is trying to do is to bind it.  As it crosses international borders,
 the US has no right WHATSOEVER to try and contain it.  They can withdraw their 
monies and support for it, but they should not be allowed to control it.

Instead, they should work with various consortiums all over the world to come up
 with rules and policies that all should abide by and find some way to enforce 
those who do not abide by those rules, but as the internet crosses numerous 
borders, gaining the proper consensus (if there is such a thing) will be 
difficult.

Governments are only good at wasting taxpayers' money, white-washing the press 
and recently harassing women (oops... sorry, just had to put that in...) and 
should not be allowed to control the Internet.  Anything the US Govt. would try 
to do would end up placing borders on the internet within the US alone, but 
would have no effect elsewhere in the world.

The Internet currently works, and pretty damn well I think.  If anybody is to 
reign over the internet, it should be made via a voting system by the users, for
 the users and with the users of that same Internet, not by any government.

The government has no controls over whom my company's President will be and 
neither should they try to decide who will head up the Internet as the internet 
is a large conglamorate of multi-national corporations, individuals, societies, 
and consortiums, similar to my own company.

If the Govt. doesn't like what they see, then they should not use the Internet 
and instead, fund their own private project without the assistance of the 
Internet members/staff/corporations If they so desire.  

If you like it, use it; if not, then get the hell out; but don't try to control 
it.

Sincerely,
Walter Benton

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$B7oL>(B: Re: KIS ASS
$BAw?.<T(B:  Bob Allisat <bob@wtv.net> at &NWS-Internet
$BF|IU(B:    98/02/02 12:32


Tony wrote:
>Until yesterday, no-one had challenged Jon Postel's authority to do what
 >he thought was best with regard to the roots, because he has earned the
 >respect of those operators.
     
 Over the last two years EVERYONE
 has ripped Postel's authority to
 shreds. And the pitiful respect
 of ten guys and a handful of IETF
 stiffs is irrelevant. Postel is
 deposed. What remains is to install
 the next regime. One which must
 be broad based and democratic. If
 any of you imagine what occured in
 the past was even remotely democratic 
 you are deluding yourselves.
     
TeleVirtually Yours,
     
Bob Allisat
     
http://www.wtv.net