i think several countries who think they have the tehcnological balls are leaning in that direction. I really don't have a problem with the logic, if some one is going to claim to be a non-partisan, benevolant, shepherd of the world's main digital infrastructure (implied by the fact that the US has resisted efforts to make ICANN a part of the UN, which was an intelligent decision in my opinion) they need to NOT be evil. The US has broken this implied promise, and has completely ruined the good will it has enjoyed with other western countries, the few in the middle east, and everywhere else. Its like believing your mother has been stashing away your newspaper money and then finding out from your brother she spent it on crack. Its a complete collapse of the goodwill built up since WWII. The US government has gone from being a 9/11 victim deserving of sympathy to a paranoid 800 lb gorilla just itching for some one to look at it cross-eyed, and intelligent, civilized people are looking at with a new eye, and rightly so.
I see a lot of American idiots who say "If you're doing nothing wrong, what does it matter?" right here, even on this supposedly anarchist-leaning forum. Well, ask yourself: Why does Angela Merkel have a problem with the US Gov spying on her? What would your response be? "Oh, well, she's a peer, she's the head of another Government..." why should that be any different? The US Government is supposed to be working FOR YOU, they are YOUR EMPLOYEE. This and the
subprime fiasco should be a huge red flag. That more Americans aren't apalled at what this government has been up to lately is astounding to me. Keep 'em hungry and thay'll be happy with the few crumbs they do get, I guess.
