Very well put.<br><br>-ed<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Anya Chambers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chambers@isoc.org">chambers@isoc.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><br><div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding: 0.6em; margin: 0px;"><div><font face="Arial">Dear all</font></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial">Please find below a statement from the Internet Society in response to the recent events in Egypt:</font></div>
<div></div><p><font face="Arial">"We are following the current events in Egypt with concern as it appears that all incoming and outgoing Internet traffic has been disrupted. The Internet Society believes that the Internet is a global medium that fundamentally supports opportunity, empowerment, knowledge, growth, and freedom and that these values should never be taken away from individuals.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">The Internet Society considers this recent action by the Egyptian government to block Internet traffic to be an inappropriate response to a political crisis. It is a very serious decision for a government to block all Internet access in its country, and a serious intrusion into its citizens’ basic rights to communicate. If the blockage continues, it will have a very detrimental impact on Egypt's economy and society. Ultimately, the Egyptian people and nation are the ones that will suffer, while the rest of the world will be worse off with the loss of Egyptian voices on the net.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">However we are most concerned about the safety and security of the Egyptian people. Alongside the rest of the world, we share the hope for a positive and lasting solution to the problems that have risen to the surface there.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">In the longer term, we are sure that the world will learn a lesson from this very unfortunate example, and come to understand that cutting off a nation's access to the Internet only serves to fuel dissent and does not address the underlying causes of dissatisfaction."</font></p>
<div><font face="Arial">It is also available on our wesbite here; <a href="http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/?p=3091" target="_blank">http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/?p=3091</a></font></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">Regards</font></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial">Anya</font></div><font face="Arial"><br></font><div><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;">
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<font face="Arial">Anya Chambers<br></font><b><font face="Arial">Internet Society</font></b></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><b><font face="Arial"><br></font></b><font face="Arial">mobile: +1 224 321 0378</font></div>
<div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><font face="Arial">web: </font><a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/" target="_blank"><font face="Arial">www.InternetSociety.org</font></a></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word;">
<font face="Arial">twitter: </font><a href="http://twitter.com/internetsociety" target="_blank"><font face="Arial">InternetSociety</font></a></div>
<div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><font face="Arial"><br></font><b><font face="Arial">What will the Internet look like in 10 years? </font></b><font face="Arial"><br>Watch the trailer; </font><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OInTXcZ4HZM%0A" target="_blank"><font face="Arial">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OInTXcZ4HZM</font></a><font face="Arial"><br>
<br>For more information: </font><a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/scenarios" target="_blank"><font face="Arial">www.internetsociety.org/scenarios</font></a><font face="Arial"><br><br><br><br></font></div></span></div>
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