March 27, 2004
World Wide Worry
The UN wants to expand it's success in ruining other areas to the Internet...
Nothing should scare anyone with a functioning web browser more than this article - bureaucracy loves nothing more than something new to manage into the ground. The UN discussions always gather around a central campfire - inherent unfairness due to unequal distribution of wealth requires intervention from a benign benefactor to steer developement and redistribution of the Internet as a resource.
The UN will be as likely to succeed in this quest as they were at handling genocide in Rwanda - much debate and handwringing but no real action. But they will be holding a moment of silence...