Doug Ross @ Journal

'The EU Wants to "Oversee" the Internet'

There are some entertaining remarks over at LGF, related to this cute, fuzzy little article:

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union insisted Friday that governments and the private sector must share the responsibility of overseeing the Internet, setting the stage for a showdown with the United States on the future of Internet governance. A senior U.S. official reiterated Thursday that the country wants to remain the Internet’s ultimate authority, rejecting calls in a United Nations meeting in Geneva for a U.N. body to take over. EU spokesman Martin Selmayr said a new cooperation model was important “because the Internet is a global resource.” “The EU ... is very firm on this position,” he added.

I wrote about this issue before. Having the EU or the UN's ITU run the Internet makes about as much sense as tuna-fish-flavored ice-cream. Choice comments over at LGF:

They're very firm - what are they going to do - steal our lunch if we say no? Right. They are firm on this. What exactly are they going to do? Hold their breath and kick their little feet? Pout? Whine? Send the dreaded strongly worded letter? Hey EU, howzabout you simply thank us for coming up with the Internet and running it so well? Then go create something equally beneficial to the world and share it with us all. Ankle-biting shadows of a once-great civilization. " “The EU ... is very firm on this position,” he added." - They must have taken THE BLUE PILL OF FIRMNESS... Although over at CNN they word it a bit differently: "U.S. insists on controlling Web"... ROFL. What's the EU going to do? Go to the UN? Pass a resolution that says if we don't comply they'll.... HAVE A MEETING! Threats from the EU/UN carry about as much credibility as John Kerry. We must be careful, very very careful, lest they 'send us a letter'. You all know the impact of 'a letter' from the UN. Quaking in my boots, I am. Riiiight ... as if my Illuminati brothers and I are going to give up control ... /Did I say that out loud? How many times have European leftists said that we (Americans) need to "understand other people's cultures"? They don't even understand anything about us! They don't understand freedom of speech, individual rights, limited government. And there's people, like Chirac, who want global taxes. Have they ever heard of the Bill of Rights? Taxation without representation?

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