In a recent article in Scientific American on internationalized URLs, Dr. Markus G. Kuhn of the University of Cambridge argues that internationalized domain names aren't needed because "familiarity with the ASCII repertoire and basic proficiency in entering these ASCII characters on any keyboard are the very first steps in computer literacy worldwide". Often we assume that only Americans and the occasional Brit still believe that the Roman alphabet is good enough for everything and that it is simply the cultural myopia of Americans that has kept the world from experiencing a full multilingual computing revolution. If ever we needed proof that inertia with regard to international issues is not a uniquely American trait, consider that Dr. Kuhn is a German in Britain arguing against the need for further internationalization of one of the most basic aspects of the Internet experience. (To be fair, we only know what Scientific American chose to quote from their interview with Dr. Kuhn -- his overall attitude may be quite different.)