[governance] Internautas

[Carlos Afonso]

Yes, especially now that we have well over one billion e-navigators...
But the need to create different denominations for the human being
depending on the issue and on what s/he does or is doing will continue.
One may be a pedestrian, a driver, an internaut, a shopper, a nerd, a...

So I am fine with being called internaut.

:)

--c.a.

Paul Wilson wrote:
> Christopher,
> 
> Personally, I find the term rather cute and archaic, like "aviator" or
> "motorist", or for that matter, "websurfer".  We are long past the day
> when as Internet users we were part of an elite or a clique (or a weirdo
> fringe, if you go back that far).
> 
> Far from being the preserve to any group, the citizenry of the Internet
> is simply everyone, just as you say.   Like it or not, there's nothing
> arcane about it, any more.
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Paul.
> 
> 
> --On 16 January 2009 9:48:01 PM +0100 Christopher Wilkinson
> <Christopher.wilkinson at skynet.be> wrote:
> 
>> Good evening:
>>
>> Since this beautiful subject engenders such interest, allow me to join
>> in.
>>
>> The root of Internauts is the same as the root for Argonauts, Nautical
>> and the Nautical Almanac. It is about Sailors, Navigantes, or if you
>> prefer, Surfers.
>>
>> In any event, with due deference to ISOC and the IETF, it is not limited
>> to them or to any other sub-set.
>> The Internet is for All internauts.
>>
>> Regards to you all,
>>
>> CW
>>>
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