Re: ISOC/IETF *ARE* International Bodies[was: PAB nIANA facts]

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Lowell and all,

Lowell Gilbert wrote:

> Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com> writes:
>
> > Masataka Ohta wrote:
> > >
> > > IETF and World Series of baseball games are, in some sense, global.
> >
> >   Well the World Series of baseball, doesn't include teams from all over the
> > world.  Only in the US and Canada.
>
> Just for the record, the name "World Series" was never intended to
> indicate ANY kind of international nature.  It was named for the
> original sponsor, a now-defunct newpaper called the "New York World."

  Correct.  And therefore is a misnomer as I indicated.

>
>
> While those of us in the US have demonstrated a truly remarkable
> ability to forget the existence of the rest of the world, the "World
> Series" really isn't an example of it.

  Exactly my point.  Thank you.  >;)

>
>
> Be well.
>         Lowell Gilbert

 Regards,

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Jeffrey A. Williams
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