TheName
No free speach against the UN
I am completely against U.N. control of the Internet, because I believe it would
lead to censorship. I believe the U.N. would use its power to deny domains to
those critical of the U.N., or those who hold unpopular opinions in opposition
to the U.N.
Exhibit A is the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights [un.org]. It all sounds pretty good. I think the particularly
applicable Article to this case is #19:
Article 19.
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion
and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without
interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any
media and regardless of frontiers.
That sounds to me like
one should be able to say whatever one wants over the Internet. i.e., to impart
information and ideas through any media.
Now kindly review Article 29,
section 3:
(3) These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary
to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
What
exactly are the purposes and principles of the United Nations? If I were to try
to register 'theUNsucks.com' would they stop me? My right to free speech ends
when I exercise that right contrary to the purposes of the U.N. The U.N. holds
all kinds of conferences where they condemn racism and sexism. What if I wanted
to create a website about the inferiority of a certain race or sex? Would they
stop me? Sure, the opinions I express may be wrong, stupid, and unpopular, but
popular opinions are those that don't need protecting.
The U.N. will pry
control of the Internet from my cold, dead DNS server.
We shall acquire
some wine on the way to the mall, and then you can get tore up, and pass out in
the hot sun.