UN to take over the internet?

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#1 deactivated-6127ced9bcba0
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Such respected members like Iran, China, Russia and Saudi Arabia are all for an action that will have the UN take control of the internet, taxing visitors of international websites in order to "build" a worldwide broadband network.

Nothing could go wrong with that, amirite? I mean, they wouldn't actually try and censor anything, would they?

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#2 CHOASXIII
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Intriguing but I think this won't go down so well.

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#3 Omni-Slash
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what could possibly go wrong?...*looks at Syria*....
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#4 punkpunker
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capitalism at its finest?

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#5 DroidPhysX
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Nice
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#6 Shottayouth13-
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Yeah that won't go down well.
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#7 DroidPhysX
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capitalism at its finest?

punkpunker
Thats like the opposite of capitalism
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#8 deactivated-6127ced9bcba0
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On another note, you know that when Republicans and Democrats can agree on something being bad, it must REALLY be bad.

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#9 DeadMan1290
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You can't control the internet! It won't work.

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#10 Necrifer
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capitalism at its finest?

punkpunker

Not really...

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#11 deactivated-6127ced9bcba0
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capitalism at its finest?

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#12 coolbeans90
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ogodman y does Ron Paul have to be such a looney

u need him for times like these

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#13 Necrifer
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On another note, you know that when Republicans and Democrats can agree on something being bad, it must REALLY be bad.

airshocker

I'd expect it to be great, actually.

But this is bad, yeah...

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#14 JohnF111
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Capitalism turning into dictatorship more and more every day. "You are not allowed to do this, or this, or this". "You can do this or this or this just as long as we see what it is you are doing with it". Damn world.
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#15 CHOASXIII
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On another note, you know that when Republicans and Democrats can agree on something being bad, it must REALLY be bad.

airshocker

Indeed, where is the Green party though? We need that undecided input lol.

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Capitalism turning into dictatorship more and more every day. "You are not allowed to do this, or this, or this". "You can do this or this or this just as long as we see what it is you are doing with it". Damn world.JohnF111

GODDAMN IT, YOU'RE STUPID!

WHY DON'T YOU ACTUALLY LEARN SOME FACTS BEFORE SPOUTING YOUR IGNORANT BULLSHlT?

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#17 JohnF111
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[QUOTE="JohnF111"]Capitalism turning into dictatorship more and more every day. "You are not allowed to do this, or this, or this". "You can do this or this or this just as long as we see what it is you are doing with it". Damn world.Necrifer

GODDAMN IT, YOU'RE STUPID!

WHY DON'T YOU ACTUALLY LEARN SOME FACTS BEFORE SPOUTING YOUR IGNORANT BULLSHlT?

because it's funny.
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#18 Necrifer
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because it's funny.

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This is no laughing matter.

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#19 Omni-Slash
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capitalism at its finest?

punkpunker
wait what?...*just shakes head*
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#20 punkpunker
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LOL, i'm just JK.

anyways why taxing on certain website and use it to built broadband infrastructure? what does this accomplish and who will benefit it?

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#21 JohnF111
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[QUOTE="JohnF111"]

because it's funny.

Necrifer

This is no laughing matter.

It's never going to happen, just more foreign threats of change. Why all the fuss over something that will not ever happen. It will not happen. [spoiler] I bet it happens. trollface.jpeg [/spoiler]
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#22 Necrifer
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LOL, i'm just JK.

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Such a liar.

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#23 punkpunker
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Such a liar.

Necrifer

hence the question mark on my original post,its a question.

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#24 Necrifer
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hence the question mark on my original post,its a question.

punkpunker

:roll:

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#25 famicommander
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This is one of many reasons why we should withdraw immediately from any outside organization that affects US sovereignty. We have enough problems keeping our own government from destroying our lives without having to deal with other nations.
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#26 Delkura
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capitalism at its finest?

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#27 -Sun_Tzu-
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It's times like these when I ask myself what would Al Gore do.
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#28 Omni-Slash
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It's times like these when I ask myself what would Al Gore do. -Sun_Tzu-
He'd put the internet in a "Locked Box"...
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#29 deactivated-598fc45371265
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In line with other recent UN appointments, who should they appoint as Secretery of Internet Regulation? Kim Jong Un perhaps?

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so how will they bill us? We are going to have long distance charges online now?

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In line with other recent UN appointments, who should they appoint as Secretery of Internet Regulation? Kim Jong Un perhaps?

Storm_Marine

Nah, China is far better at censorship.

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#32 wis3boi
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my response

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This is one of many reasons why we should withdraw immediately from any outside organization that affects US sovereignty. We have enough problems keeping our own government from destroying our lives without having to deal with other nations.famicommander
And then you'll get SOPA'ed :P
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#34 THE_DRUGGIE
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>UN

>trying to have power over something

That's adorable.

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#35 kingkong0124
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F*ck the UN

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#36 Necrifer
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I agree with the two posts above.

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#37 deactivated-58a5e8ead9efe
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Considering they are asking nations like China, Russia, Iran, Cuba, and Venezuela for advice on how to control the Internet (an impossibility in itself), I'd say this treaty has no real credibility.

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F*ck the UN

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#39 Philokalia
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Why doesn't the UN just announce it wants to be a NWO?

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Only in their dreams.

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#41 branketra
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That cannot be allowed to happen because of Skynet.
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#42 coolbeans90
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[QUOTE="kingkong0124"]

F*ck the UN

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#43 comp_atkins
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man.. people just can not wait to ---- this whole thing up can they?..
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#44 LOXO7
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Every time I see UN I think global warming.
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#45 DarkOfKnight
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Every time I see UN I think global warming.LOXO7
Every time i see the UN i think waste of money.
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#46 surrealnumber5
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capitalism at its finest?

punkpunker
government takeover of the internet, capitalism? da derp?
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#47 DarkOfKnight
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[QUOTE="punkpunker"]

capitalism at its finest?

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government takeover of the internet, capitalism? da derp?

State Capitalism. Not the case here, but government owned actions can be considered capitalist.
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#48 surrealnumber5
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[QUOTE="surrealnumber5"][QUOTE="punkpunker"]

capitalism at its finest?

DarkOfKnight
government takeover of the internet, capitalism? da derp?

State Capitalism. Not the case here, but government owned actions can be considered capitalist.

i guess if you consider fascism part of capitalism, but that is not the norm. state controlled industry is rarely(only seen it here in OT) associated with "capitalism"
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[QUOTE="surrealnumber5"][QUOTE="DarkOfKnight"][QUOTE="surrealnumber5"] government takeover of the internet, capitalism? da derp?

State Capitalism. Not the case here, but government owned actions can be considered capitalist.

i guess if you consider fascism part of capitalism, but that is not the norm. state controlled industry is rarely(only seen it here in OT) associated with "capitalism"

Because if some people don't associate something with capitalism it is clearly not. Look up state capitalism, rather or not people know what it is matters not. Fascism can find it's roots in anything, but capitalism goes hand in hand with very little.
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[QUOTE="DarkOfKnight"][QUOTE="surrealnumber5"][QUOTE="DarkOfKnight"] State Capitalism. Not the case here, but government owned actions can be considered capitalist.

i guess if you consider fascism part of capitalism, but that is not the norm. state controlled industry is rarely(only seen it here in OT) associated with "capitalism"

Because if some people don't associate something with capitalism it is clearly not. Look up state capitalism, rather or not people know what it is matters not. Fascism can find it's roots in anything, but capitalism goes hand in hand with very little.

capital is simply the deferred consumption today for greater production later. with that any system that lasts longer then a day is based in capital, however, what you are describing goes against the definition of capitalism. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capitalism capitalism is by definition a private system not compatible with the state so state capitalism is an oxymoron.