Internet Kill Switch: A not good Idea

Did you hear that news about the Internet Kill Switch Bill? Well the idea is that in the unfortunate event of an Terrorist or Cyber Attack on the US, the White House can turn off certain parts or most of the Internet from being accessible to anyone. It is basically an over-arching security measure against cyber attacks. There is much debate about whether this is justified and/or even possible. But nonetheless, it is an area that I think every one of us who access the Internet should be aware of.
However, the collateral damage is that the very concept of Internet as we know is something that can be turned off from the netizens as a result of this legislation.
The Internet evolved in the labs of government funded Defense labs in late 60s. But it quickly grew out of those realms from not just control perspective but also from applications perspective. Today the Internet is the worlds biggest network. It has all the information that you want and more. And its continuously evolving. They say the IPv4 protocol that can address about 4Billion addresses is not enough. So we have IPv6 which can address 10^38 individual nodes. And it is available in every part of the globe. Also to note, it has users and applications from all parts and corners of human imagination. Nutshell, you can't imagine today's world without the Internet. One of the fundamental reasons for the explosive growth of the Internet is that is not owned by any one single organization or government. It harbors individual development, Open collaboration of ideas and innovations from hundreds of thousands of users, user groups and orgs. Although some of the big organizations that have the direction of the Internet under tab are in the US like ICANN and IETF. But the point is the reach of the Internet is not limited to just US. Nor is its applicability. That said, the Internet was originally meant and still continues to be primarily a forum of Open Ideas, Collaboration and Freedom. It is the most Open Platform of our generation and must remain so for future ones. Therefore misuse of this extremely important medium by those who want to harm other humans or terrorize them or suppress freedom is wrong. Such usage of the Internet must be denounced and prevented with adequate security while maintaining the Internet access to millions others who just want to access Internet for Innovation and Collaboration for the good of all humans and generations.