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"Mr President, we are talking about the Internet and the word that springs to mind after Internet is ‘surf'. What does that word evoke? For me it brings to mind the sea, which reminds me of Christopher Columbus. And that is because Christopher Columbus was, as you know, born in Genoa. He was Genoese, not Portuguese. The tie I am wearing this evening bears the emblem of the city of Genoa, so I could hardly refrain from speaking on such an important matter.
I have asked to speak, Mr President, to point out that there is also a social Internet, not just a commercial Internet. The social Internet means that, thanks to the computer and the Web, adults, older people and pensioners can continue to learn, be informed, and achieve that famous lifelong learning.
Secondly, the Internet provides an opportunity for disabled people to work. Someone who cannot walk can perfectly easily work on the Internet, and so overcome his disability.
Thirdly, computers installed in rest homes and linked to the Internet make it possible for sick and elderly people who cannot move to talk with their families, their children and their friends, and go on living in the world, so to speak, even if they are unfortunately guests of a rest home.
So I hope this Internet board – and Europe too – will remember that, as well as the commercial Internet, there is also a social Internet for old people and pensioners."@en1
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