We don't want MCI to have control of the Internet infrastructure.

We don't want MCI to have control of the Internet infrastructure,

getting control and ownership -- some call it god power -- over the Internet through the power to tax. We're supposed to feel comfortable because the current interim board members are nice people.

Impacts and explosions are difficult to predict and control. When you're trying to save the Earth, you want them to be both controllable and predictable.

Beijing's control of the Internet has been in the news lately, but it represents just one facet of an intricate system of restrictions on the free circulation of ideas in China. The Chinese government is hoping to enjoy the benefits of the global economy without jeopardizing its political control.

We seek to regulate, not control, the Internet. If an American website censors or deletes harmful information posted by an Internet user, this is considered normal. But when a Chinese website does so, it is considered abnormal and criticized. I think this is not fair and is a form of double standard.