Upon being told of the UN action the Tasaday tribe in the Philippines rejoiced at the news. The spokesperson for these gentle primitive cave dwellers speaking through a translator said, "Oh yes, plenty damn good news! Always need good fish nets!"
It’s time for the US to run the UN outta here! They are nothing but a big, money munching pain in the ass with no respect for any country’s sovereignty. The UN has gotta go.
So babies don’t have a right to life, but we all have a right to the internet. Makes sense to liberals, I guess.
If rights are god-given, then I guess that makes Algore god. /sarc
So they can redistribute wealth to provide it for those who are less fortunate.
What a sick joke the U.N. is.
Did they ever declare fax machines to be a "fundamental human right" ?
Did they ever declare radio to be a "fundamental human right" ?
Did they ever declare the telephone to be a "fundamental human right" ?
Did they ever declare telegraphs to be a "fundamental human right" ?
Did they ever declare newspapers to be a "fundamental human right" ?
If I don't pay my Verizon bill, does that mean that Verizon will be depriving me of my "fundamental human rights"? Which parts of the Internet are "fundamental human rights" ?
Is FTP a "fundamental human right" ?
Is e-mail a "fundamental human right" ?
Is HTTP a "fundamental human right" ?
How about PING?
How about DNS?
There's a dozen others I have forgotten, are they all "fundamental human rights" ?
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Ever since the UN came into existence in 1945, some Americans have been warning us about its potential threat to our national sovereignty. For decades, those individuals have been dismissed and castigated as isolationists, ideologues and right-wing kooks.
But today, there can be no mistake about the UN’s true agenda, its plans for American sovereignty in particular and the concept of national sovereignty in general.
Consider the following principles set forth by the Charter for Global Democracy, and/or endorsed by Kofi Annan in his September 2000 report to the UN Millennium Assembly:
Regulation by the UN of all transnational corporations and financial institutions
Independent taxing authority to “ensure that the Organization is given the necessary resources to carry out its mandate."
Elimination of veto power and permanent member status of the Security Council (thus eliminating the ability of the US to veto UN action).
Authorization for a standing UN army
UN registration of all arms and the reduction of all national armies.
Compulsory submission of all nations to jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice.
The requirement that individual and national submit to compliance with all UN "Human Rights" treaties. Among these so-called human rights – as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to which the United States is a signatory – are the following:
o A requirement for a total welfare-state economy: “the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.”
o UN-mandated control of schools and educational content: “elementary education shall be free and compulsory.”
I completely reject the idea that human liberty and prosperity can be enhanced by giving the UN or any global government such sweeping power over the nations of the world, including our own. As American citizens, we cannot achieve peace and justice by distancing ourselves even further from the source of government policy making and law enforcement.
Total+BS, they want to have you pay to install it in mud huts all over the world, right beside the slop bucket.
Good, when do they take over my comcast payments.......
Makes sense, don't it?
Sheesh!
More to the point, they want money to provide that “right.” Every UN swindle works down to money - mostly provided by the poor US taxpayer.
Must have a right for a CPU device and the energy to run it first. I guess we will have to pay that for them first and maybe communication skills!
Remove all American money from this cesspool
Upon being told of the UN action the Tasaday tribe in the Philippines rejoiced at the news. The spokesperson for these gentle primitive cave dwellers speaking through a translator said, "Oh yes, plenty damn good news! Always need good fish nets!"
So, I was denied a fundamental human right until about 1993? I will apply for reparations.
So is freedom from tyrants who feel they have a right to your wallet.
Did Algore give his okay?
Government must be able to reasonably and properly redress a situation where a "right" has been violated. (Most often done by punishing those who violate the rights of another.)
Government must be able to provide reasonable protection for this "right" equally for all. (Equal Opportunity is simple, easy, and proper. The Left's insistence of Equal Outcomes is impossible and foolishly misguided.)
Claiming this "right' must not violate the rights of any others (hence the simplest argument against abortion's "right to choose").
Animals cannot have "rights" because it is beyond impossible to monitor all animals to discern when such violations occur. (However, punishing those humans who mistreat animals is certainly proper.)
Likewise, the internet cannot be a "right" because it cannot be provided to all equally, it is impossible to ensure that every citizen has access, and it is impossible to discern every time someone's "right" has been violated (cable down? hacker attack? modem acting fritzy? Who does Government go after?)
They're simply looking to make it an object for regulation, further under their control, because it is one of the greatest instruments of freedom ever created. (The firearm, the Magna Carta, and the US Constitution being three others on that list.) The UN can go pound sand.
I have to believe that if any governmental bodies attempt to regulate and control the Web to an unsettling degree, there are no shortages of ways around it. Other webs can be created, independent of the current one. There is absolutely no shortage of innovation in this area.