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Re:Can We Kill This Myth That The Internet Is A Wild West Th... by trebor on Saturday May 28, 2011 @10:22AM (#2594469)
The 'net looks like the wild west because most are ignorant that it is really a bunch of city-states like Greece. Each ISP/Host/Site has its own rules. Some are allied, some aren't. Governments are the overall nation.

This simplification should good enough to explain to most people.

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