Friend, A 02 02 96 Boston Globe newsstory --------------------------------- GOVERNMENTS MOVE TO LIMIT FREE FLOW OF THE INTERNET datelined (Feb 2, 1996 00:17 a.m. EST) reports: ...the Internet is slowly being colonized. Colonized? Governments around the world -- from Germany to Iran to Singapore -- are moving to limit Internet access for their citizens.... Oh I see. Colonized by parasites. This move to cordon off the Internet into private plots -- some call it digital Balkanization -- is seen by experts as one of the most profound changes since the global network emerged as a commercial medium in 1991. S-s-h-h. The experts speak! Many Internet specialists say it marks the shift...to [a "network"] where users are building nation states, an evo- lution that they say will lead to the Internet's ultimate success as a commercial and communication platform. S-s-h-h! The specialists have spoken. Earlier this week, Federico Mayor, the director of UNESCO, an arm of the United Nations, called for the drafting of a global agreement that would help protect rights in cyber- space. Mais oui. Cordially, Jim