Re: [ga] A Monroe Doctrine for the Internet

["kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gore never claimed that he "invented" the Internet, which implies that he engineered the technology. The invention occurred in the seventies and allowed scientists in the Defense Department to communicate with each other. In a March 1999 interview with Wolf Blitzer, Gore said, "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet." 

Taken in context, the sentence, despite some initial ambiguity, means that as a congressman Gore promoted the system we enjoy today, not that he could patent the science, though that's how the quotation has been manipulated. Hence the disingenuous substitution of "inventing" for the actual language.

Chris McElroy, President, Kidsearch Network

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----- Original Message ----- 

  From: rbhauptman@xxxxxxx 
  To: andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ; ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 7:17 PM
  Subject: Re: [ga] A Monroe Doctrine for the Internet


  Next thing you know he'll also claim that Al Gore 'invented' the Internet ;-)

  But seriously, tyhank youfor your post, I thought I might be alone on here.  The American Jingoism on a list that purports to speak for all nations makes me queasy.  

  North American (USA) Rick
    
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Andy Gardner <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  To: General Assembly of the DNSO <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  Sent: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 15:16:47 -0600
  Subject: Re: [ga] A Monroe Doctrine for the Internet


  On Nov 6, 2005, at 10:51 AM, Hugh Dierker wrote: 
   
  > Perhaps i do not know what arrogance means but, i do not believe in > means; 
  > Giving more aid to other countries than the rest of the world > combined. 
   
  Better check your facts there, pledging money and actually coughing it up are two entirely different matters. 
   
  > Transferring the "control" of the internet from government to a > quasi-public entity. 
  > Throwing the full weight of the Pac Fleet into rescue efforts after > a Tsunami. 
  > Obtaining the right to vote and go to school for "gazillions" of > women for the first time in known history. 
   
  Cough, hack, SAY WHAT? 
   
  I do hope you're not claiming the the USA was the first to allow women to vote. 
   
  Next you'll be saying the USA was th! e first to split the atom and Henry Ford invented the motor car.