Re: [ga] Just published: "The dummies guide to turning human tragedy to political advantage"

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Joanna and all assembly members,

  Yes I read it not he EU list already.  Terrible and disgusting, not to mention

half phony to boot!  :(

Joanna Lane wrote:

> http://angua.rince.de/icann-europe/2001/09/msg00004.html
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> *    From: Mike Roberts <mmr@darwin.ptvy.ca.us>
> *    Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 21:23:56 -0700
>
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>
> At the time, going on three weeks ago, I had in mind something like
> US $100 from several thousand individuals who actually were willing
> to put their money where their mouth was about having a functioning
> At Large organization.
>
> Today, that idea is out the window, along with a lot of other
> populist notions about any old terrorist around the globe getting to
> vote on how to run the DNS.
>
> When civilization takes a step backward, as it did last week, it
> usually means a period in which the people with the guns make the
> decisions.  Anyone watching the American President on tv in recent
> days knows that's where we're at.  It may be a while before the
> luxury of debating what constitutes consensus in a terrorist-less
> society returns.
>
> If you were thinking about contributing to an ICANN ALSO, send it to
> the Red Cross instead.
>
> - Mike
>
> ______________________________________________________
>
> Hello Mike,
>
> Excuse me? Unless I am very much mistaken, the implication here is that
> there should not now be a functioning ALSO because "any old terrorist" would
> disguise themselves as an honest, law abiding citizen, then capture the
> bottom-up consensus building mechanism. In case you hadn't noticed,
> terrorists do not vote, they throw bombs, and they avoid any form of
> democratic process. The implication that there should not now be a
> functioning ALSO until the USA rids the world of terrorism is equally
> laughable. Terrorism is nothing new, and however many guns are thrown at it,
> it will always exist in one insidious form or another. To try to turn this
> catastrophic tragedy to political advantage, by citing it as a reason to
> delay the implementation of democratic control over an autocratic entity,
> suggests that somebody needs a serious reality check, or is sick, or both.
>
> Regards,
>
> Joanna
>
> P.S. We don't need to debate what constitutes consensus. There is a
> mechanism in place already.
>
> The URLs for Best Practices: DNSO Citation:
> http://www.dnso.org/dnso/gaindex.html
> (Under "Other Information Documents"; "August 2001:
> Proposal for Best Practices for the DNSO GA")
> Part I:
> http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20010813.GA-BestPractices.html
> Part II:
> http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20010813.GA-BP-flowchart.pdf
> (Access to the .pdf file requires installing the Adobe Acrobat
> Reader, which is available for free down load at
> http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.)
>
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