Re: US House to ITU: Hands off the Internet

[shawn wilson <ag4ve.us () gmail com>]

On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Nick Hilliard <nick () foobar org> wrote:
> On 04/08/2012 16:55, Justin M. Streiner wrote:
> > On Sat, 4 Aug 2012, Jimmy Hess wrote:
> > > > "it is the "consistent and unequivocal policy of the United States to
> > > > promote a global Internet free from government control."
> > >
> > > Now if they would only practice what they preach.....
> >
> > It will be interesting to see how that statement gets (ab)used the next
> > time net neutrality, or legislation like SOPA/PIPA becomes a hot topic.
>
> I suspect they meant "a global Internet free from _other_ government control".

right and i don't think any government body expects to 'practice what
they preach' (it might sound absurd, sarcastic, or ironical, but i am
truly being serious here). it's more of a 'do what i say, not what i
do' mentality.