Bad ideas are brewing in Italy. It is a difficult time for the country, torn between civil unrest due to large swathes of redundancies, a prime minister bent on gaining more and more power by whatever means, the selling of national art treasures and a deep uncertainty about the future.
Amongst the worsening news coming out of Italy on pretty much any subject you care to mention a small snippet of Internet news. The italian registration authority, the people who define the rules to manage the .it domain, are being taken over by a semi-governmental organisation. The plan is very simple, take control of the current democratic process and turn it into yet another way in which to exert power, the same power which is slipping from their hands.
A petition (in italian) to support the struggle against this demented plan has been setup. Please sign if you can.
Posted by arrigo at December 13, 2002 03:12 PM