United Nations Says Internet Access is a Human Right

[rickl7069]

Rights, such as freedom of speech or the right to bear arms, do not require someone to supply something. Health care and Internet are commodities, not rights. Commodities require something to be supplied and, if it is a right, then it means someone must supply it to you for free - they are, in effect, your slave. You have no right to enslave anyone or demand anything from them.

 

[xerroz]

So this is what we pay these diplomats to do? Make BS up

 

[Guest]

[ ]Yes [x]No Fund the U.N.?

I want this added to my tax form... instead of the question about Presidential Election funding...

 

[Onus]

As rickl pointed out (for which he was thumbed-down by an idiot), nothing is a right that is achieved or maintained at the forced expense of others. What if those others weren't there? What happens to your "right?" >POOF

 

[velocityg4]

[citation][nom][/nom]The big concern is that technology companies would worry about their revenue numbers first, thus cooperate with repressive regimes that seek to monitor or limit individual Internet use in some instances.[/citation]

I'm more concerned about what governments will do to hinder internet access and blocking sites than tech companies. If you don't like what the tech company is doing shop elsewhere. It isn't that simple when a government does something you don't like.

 

[itchyisvegeta]

"Even more, China -- which filters online content through a firewall -- actually backed the resolution. Go figure."

meanwhile, the Communists ande Fascists that run the US government are trying to censor and take over the internet with things like PIPA and SOPA.

 

[madjimms]

[citation][nom]kenyee[/nom]lol....now the UN is into Internet access??? And this is the same UN that doesn't believe being able to defend yourself is a human right...even wild animals get that right [/citation]
You have two hands & two feat with (possibly) a brain. What else do you need to defend yourself?

 

[junixophobia]

Haha China is a bigger joke on this. People there cant even search on word DEMOCRACY. What freakin right is chinese talkin about?

 

[mayne92]

The UN is a joke - right up there with China.

 

[K2N hater]

Just to make a simple comparison Cuba feats stand far more accountable than anything in UN/League of Nations history.

For the case someone disagrees, let's name a few achievements of the UN/League of Nations:
Witnessed the rise of A. Hitler and the destruction of Poland;
Witnessed the draconian politics of J. Stalin and the murder of over 10 million civilians;
Witnessed Vietnam, Iraqi and Afghanistan wars;
Witnessed the Israel-Palestina war.

 

[shin0bi272]

You guys have to understand something here. In the rest of the world they use the term human rights to mean individual rights like we do in the states. They dont have the concept of individual rights because they approached their democratic revolutions from an us vs them strategy. Where the us was the people and the them was the monarchy. So they put the people in charge and the people rule over themselves with an iron fist just like the monarchs did. Thus we have things like socialism and communism where its not a monarch running the show but a dictator basically.

Hell a few years ago a spanish EU court said that a satellite dish was a human right... so dont get your panties in a bunch when a european court or the UN says anything... they're all backwards corrupt little dictators.

 

[alxianthelast]

And so too would be service providers raping us with ridiculous service plans. As the world turns.

 

[caparc]

Life, liberty, and free stuff on the internet.