Imagine Fidel Castro in Charge of the Internet

Here's something to scare the hell out of you. An international coalition of U.N. member countries such as China, Brazil, Cuba, and Iran, want control of the Internet to be transferred from the United States to an international governing body under the auspices of the United Nations. Can you imagine the corrupt, anti-American, Communist/Totalitarian loving United Nations being in charge of the Internet? You could say bye-bye to a blog like mine. You are aware aren't you that bloggers in Communist China have to register their blogs with the government?

I am still amazed at the number of people who look at the United Nations as some sort of peace-loving, benevolent organization. It is nothing of the kind. It is actually a haven that legitimizes rogue regimes like China, Cuba, Iran. For goodness sake, look at some of the member countries of the U.N. Human Rights Commission, now and in the last couple of years: China, Congo, Cuba, Egypt, Libya, Mexico, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zimbabwe - not exactly bastions of human rights are they? And yet they were or are members of the U.N. Human Rights Commission. Do you really want the United Nations in charge of regulating the Internet?

One more thing to add, and that involves the U.N.'s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. If you begin reading it, it sounds so good, talking about the freedom to do this, and the right to do that. But if you keep reading, you come to the money shot. Here it is:

Article 29.

(3) These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.

So the U.N. is saying that you can have all the rights and freedoms you want, but if the U.N. doesn't like it, then you get squashed:

U.N. Official: "Sorry Mr. Chanman, we do not like the content of your blog. Your views and ideas that you publish are contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations. We are shutting you down now. Gentlemen, take Mr. Chanman to the car. He won't need the Internet where he is going."

Good Day to You, Sir