RE: [ga] A puzzle about ccTLDs and sovereignty

[Joop Teernstra <terastra@terabytz.co.nz>]

At 07:10 a.m. 29/03/2003, Joanna Lane wrote:
>Jim,
>I don't agree. People take pride in their nationality, or have feelings
>about it anyway, even if negative. Humans are fiercely territorial and do
>not want fuzzy borders in cyberspace any more than they want their
>geographical borders broken down in the real world. A ccTLD may be an
>arbitrary boundary to you, but it has a comfort factor to drive demand in
>the public sector, and over time, more ccTLDs will develop distinguishing
>characteristics that mark out their "terroir".

I agree with Joanna on this .
ccTLD's with 'jurisdiction were the registry is"  are holding out a tiny 
hope for resistance against a completely American regulated internet.



- Those who believe in direct democracy pass the real test when they still 
respect it when they disagree with the results.

-joop



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