Thanks Rudi, We see things is this light. Lou On 12/16/2012 10:26 PM, Rudi Rusdiah wrote: > On 12/15/2012 11:44 PM, Baudouin SCHOMBE wrote: >> I have a feeling that this is a trap. >> >> Baudouin > dear Baudouin ... could you explain ... a trap for what and who made > the trap according to you ? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: NCSG-Discuss >> Subject: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] US, UK and Canada refuse to sign UN's >> internet >> treaty >> >> Thanks Marc. Couldn't agree more. >> >> Amr >> >> On Dec 15, 2012, at 3:26 PM, Marc Perkel wrote: >> >>> My problem is that no matter how benign a treaty might sound in the >> beginning it would lead to the creation of an infrastructure to allow >> enforcement. Once you have an international infrastructure of control >> who is >> to say the rules might change? So something might start out as the >> society >> for the protection of cute kittens organizing to stop child porn and >> end up >> with the thought police installing chips in your brain. >>> And you can imagine where this would go when it comes to "religiously >> offensive" materials sent across the internet. There are many countries >> where not believing in God caries the death penalty, as well as >> believing in >> God the wrong way. I can imagine what would happen between Christians >> and >> Muslims on an Internet with a central control infrastructure. There >> was a >> story recently where a man who was a non-believer determined that a >> crying >> statue of the Virgin Mary was caused by a leaky sewer pipe and he's >> being >> prosecuted for it. Imagine what a threat it would be to realists if >> those >> views could be enforced across international borders. >>> And what about uprisings? The Arab Spring was organized online. >>> Would we >> be obligated to censor the cries of the oppressed and tortured >> because of >> treaty obligations of the oppressing country? >>> The bottom line for me is that some criminality is the price we pay for >> freedom and it's worth it. Once you put in an infrastructure to stop >> the bad >> guys then that infrastructure can, and most certainly will, be used >> against >> the rest of us. So I support our resistance to any treaty or domestic >> law to >> centrally control the internet. >> >> > >