Re: Internet.na.us intenet.me.iq internet.uk.eu

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

> It also scares me when I see what my government does when The People
> stop paying attention or fighting for their rights. I can see a future
> where national security dictates that we cannot browse foxnews.com or
> cnn.com (depending on your demographic) and I wouldn't be surprised to
> find that we are being blocked today from Al Queda sites (not as if I
> could read them anyhoo, but still).

Al Jazeira International should be available to you soon.
 
> Since most of you have been around longer than me, I was wondering if
> any of these types of issues has ever arisen before, say when the
> Internet was being created or refined? There has to be a precedent in
> which the way these types of affairs usually conclude or an impasse
> which is usually reached. Care to enumerate?

Sure. When we set up the internet, there was considerable debate in the
Internet Ruling Committee about whether we should allow Americans to
participate. After vigorous discussion, we decided that we would let them
take part, but only on condition that they rejoined the British Empire.

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