At PrepCom3, a dramatic last-minute deal drawn up by the EU may mark the end of the US government's control of the internet. In essence, [the EU called for] a new version of the current overseeing body ICANN and an end to the US government's overall control of the DNS. The US was scathing about the proposals, within minutes telling delegates that it "can't in any way allow any changes" that would prevent it from having overall control of the internet. Other countries, like Brazil, China, Iran and Cuba support the proposal. Brazil's ambassador outlined: "It is not a question of being anti-ICANN, it's about having a very clear and open and democratic and inclusive mechanism of overview of certain functions that today are performed by ICANN with no kind of supervision."
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Member since:poor black people are 5th class citizens? wtf are you smoking.. Afirmitive action, better chances of getting a job just because of your race, the ability to be racist pricks and have no-one be offended just because of their race. Hell.. blacks are more racist tword whites than whites are tword blacks..
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Member since:"poor black people are 5th class citizens? wtf are you smoking.. Afirmitive action, better chances of getting a job just because of your race, the ability to be racist pricks and have no-one be offended just because of their race. Hell.. blacks are more racist tword whites than whites are tword blacks.."
Affirmative action. I hate the f...cking term.
You don't have a clue... We have to take shit from whites folks EVERY SINGLE DAY even though we contributed so much to this country.
Where are the companies giving blacks preferential treatment? WHERE?
I worked hard for both of my degrees ( physics and math) and have to hear this crap all the time from people like you.
BTW, the words are "affirmative" and "towards".
The spelling and grammar in this country is atrocious.
Member since:2005-09-21
its funny you make assumptions instead of stating facts about another country. people hate the US because of our rapid development in comparison, and th main reason,,,,
BECAUSE ITS NOT THIER COUNTRY.
we are not superior, human beings are human beings, there is not a better "breed" based on thier nationality.
black people are far from 5th class citizens now, if you would get out of the 1950's, that would be great
trampling human rights,, dont mean to be rude, but out of most of the EU countries/asia/africa, we are about the least of the offenders in this, and we have aided many times to stop all out GENOCIDE in many of these countries, and if ya wanna bring up WW2,,, just be glad your all; not speaking german right now.
its true the internet should be opened up to a more general world ownership, but this cannot happen overnight, and needs patience to work out,,
Member since:dream on .... I did not mean to wake you up
No it's not Africa http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/media.canada.com/idl/otct/2...
Yes it's America http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41098000/jpg/_41098911_lynndi...
Member since:2005-07-11
"and if ya wanna bring up WW2,,, just be glad
your all; not speaking german right now"
I'm Scandinavian, FWIW, and I like German. (And it's got nothing to do with blue eyes and blond hair.) I wish American film makers (and some European) would stop using the cliche of the German accent bad guys. That is pathetic. You need to let go of the world wars and move on.
And while we're at it.. The cliche of tall, blond Swedes.. Yeah, we've got penguins, polar bears and vikings running all over the place, too.
Member since:Yes, because wide spread inner-city poverty has nothing to do with government schools which are incapable of providing an adequate education to children and affirmative action policies that shuffle these kids into colleges they are academically unprepared for. Nor does it have anything to do with socialist welfare programs that reward irresponisible behavior and contribute to entire generations of people being dependent on government handouts.
Sadly, it's because of these government indoctination centers we call "public schools", that these insane and detrimental programs and attitudes continue to grow and flourish. Even in a land that has a constitution which was written to prevent most of this nonsense.
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The general picture given by those defensing the US view on that subject here is that:
- the USA is superior to all other countries, even
when put together
- the USA does not need help from any other countries
- the USA is above International law
- all other countries are communist dictatorships
- all other countries have an eternel debt of
gratitude to the USA after WWII
I wonder how many Vietnams and Katrinas they will need until they realise that the american dream is just that: a dream.
The USA:
- is not superior
- does not own the Internet
- has enjoyed a pretty high return on investment
thanks to WWII
- is a land of inequality where poor black people are
just 5th class citizens
- is a country trampling human rights everyday around
the globe.
Nice!
Of course I expect that post to be modded down very rapidly becasue.... who would really want to interrupt a dream by listening to facts ?
Ciao.