The UN is the closest thing we have to a global .. (Score 1)

Many seem to be arguing here that 1) the internet is global, and 2) the UN is the closest thing we have to a global representative body, therefore 3) they should control the internet. So many things wrong with that it is hard to know where to start. To accept that argument one must ultimately accept the UN as the de facto world government. I am certainly not ready to do that. To accept that argument is to choose to believe that the Chinese ambassador to the UN truly represents the interests of the Chinese people. I am certainly not ready to accept that. Ditto for Saudi Arabia, Syria, Sudan and any number of other nations. To accept that argument is to submit to the inevitable end of the internet as we know it, because the temptation to try and solve other world problems by imposing taxes, fees, restrictions, etc. on the internet infrastructure will be more than the typical UN representative or beauracrat can bear. They will not be mere administrators of the internet they will be more akin to overlords. On the plus side of the ledger, at least the UN peacekeepers could make their kiddie pr0n available more easily to their bosses who don't get out into the field.