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Originally posted by bwind22
Well China is a Communist country. It's no secret that it's run by an oppressive regime. As for it happening in America, our government has already said they aren't going to give up control over the internet. They aren't gonna do it. And what's the UN gonna do about it? Ha... Nothing they can do.
As for our gov't requests for search info from google, yahoo, and msn... Google told 'em to fuck off and Yahoo and MSN gave them general search data but no personal information whatsoever. Basically the gov't can see what has come up when people have searched certain words, but they cant see who ran the search to begin with. They are doing it in an effort to see how often porn comes up when the average user runs a general search in an effort to make more difficult for kids to access.
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I agree with STE, since when has the Bush administration given a rats ass what the UN thinks. They dont.
But that does not mean that the next administration is going to not be UN friendly. A guy like Kerry would have fallen in line with whatever the UN wanted.
Lets not forget that the European Union is pushing for shared control of the internet also.
I was just using China as an extreme example, but understand that all governments are happiest when their subjects are ignorant and kept in the dark.
Look at all the things that go on in the US today, do you honestly think that this administration wouldnt be violating even more civil liberties if the mass media didnt call them on it????
Do you have a problem standing in line for 4 hours at the airport while they strip search 75 year old ladies?? Do you think its OK for the police to go thru your backpack when you are walking down the street at any given moment?? Do you think its OK for the police department to set up roadblocks and check every single person that drives through the area???
Sory I thought that this was America, and I shouldnt have to stand for that SHIT!!!!
I believe what is going is a slow process of chipping away at our rights, incrementally bit by bit. We are all going to sit back and watch becauses "its for the children" and who is against that.
I am all for security but I am not willing to give up one ounce of my freedoms for it. If I want to look at chicks with dicks doing donkeys while making homemade pipebombs and reading "the Turner Diaries and Mein Kaumpf" thats my business.