UN vs Europe vs US (Score 1)

This was a most interesting discussion. Why are so many Americans calling people from countries in the UN "they"? Do you realize you are also "they" in that case? Let me say that Europe != UN != US but the US, European countries and many others around the world are also a part of the UN. The great thing about the UN is that it's sort of a democracy - the U.S. has a say as well as all other countries that are a part of it. I'd also like to echo other comments: the US doesn't control or own the internet, neither does any other country or organization. We are ALL a part of it, regardless of if we're situated in India, China, Pakistan, Sweden, Niger, the US or some place else (and using it). For people reading Slashdot and other sites - please realize that not even this "All American site" (or wherever the editors and servers are) is read, used, commented a.s.o. only by Americans - maybe not even mostly by Americans. Just like when I travelled for a year, living in host families throughout the U.S. and Canada, I got to hear from one U.S. host mom the words "Have you invented spaghetti in Sweden yet?". Think. Study. Learn. Are you as a person so much smarter and more righteous than all the rest, living before and after yourself, just because you're an American? Most of us in the world has "freedom of speech", but realize that it's a weapon as well, and even though your comment might not stir up a war, it can hurt people, and it most definitely gives people on the rest of the globe (of which the US is only a small part) a taste of how you're thinking...