Internet overseeing organisation ICANN will become an autonomous body, free from any form of government control, on 1 October 2008, if plans drawn up between it and the US government go according to plan. The current agreement between ICANN and the US Department of Commerce is due to expire next week, but speculation has been mounting for months over what will happen to management of the internet's vital domain name system.
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Member since:2006-04-21
Sorry, but if you're suggesting I should take up something that'll make me more accepting of the shenanigans (to put it mildly) of politicians and businessmen (among others), I would regard that as pacification.
Gandhi might not have blown people up, and I don't go in for that either, but that doesn't mean he was happy with the way the British were treating his people. Quite the contrary, in fact.
Member since:2005-07-06
If I remember my history correctly, Ghandi started out a very angry young man. It wasn't until he was older that he finally was able to channel his sorrow and anger into something constructive.
I think the parent was suggesting an outlet. It's not wrong to be angry - you'd be stupid if you weren't. I think the suggestion was merely meant to benefit you - if you're filled with blind rage, for example, you're not doing your beliefs/cause any good. But if you can control it, channel it, use it (feels like I'm talking about the Dark Side of the Force), it'll benefit you far more greatly.
So in short. Be pissed. But articulate and control yourself enough to get your point across rationally and in a way people will listen too. Or you'll just be seen as that smelly guy under the bridge stealing all the goats!
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2005-06-29
@twenex
You need help. I am serious. All that anger needs to be released. First suggestion would be a good amount of time away from PCs. Take up martial arts for example. It's a great anger management.