The United States, the European Union, and the United Nations are squabbling over which gang of statists should enjoy a fiefdom over the Internet. An EU spokesman argued for such control on the grounds that “the Internet is a global resource.” What nonsense! The Internet, like language itself, is an open, ongoing process that belongs to no one. Common usages and practices – not government agencies – created and continue to evolve the rich languages with which we communicate with one another. Had this process been left to the state, our conversations with one another would have been reduced to … Continue reading Controlfreaks.com