Re: [ga] The end of the road

["Patrick Corliss" <patrick@quad.net.au>]

On Thursday, December 06, 2001 12:27 PM, Kent Crispin wrote:

> On the other hand, it is most definitely *not* a waste of *anyone's*
> time to develop cogent input about domain name policy.  Despite your
> insinuation above, I really don't speak for the ICANN staff.  But from
> my dealings with them, I believe that they are in fact deeply interested
> in responsible and constructive input in the subject area of primary
> concern to them, namely, domain name policy.  But they really can't do
> much about the constant outcries for massive changes in structure.

Hi Kent

We all welcome your input and I believe that some of us, at least, believe
that your views are reasonably coincident with those of the ICANN staff.

As they are "deeply interested in responsible and constructive input", I
wonder why they do provide a little feedback so we might be guided by their
thoughts?

That would save us using your views as a kind of ICANN simulacrum.

http://www.abarnett.demon.co.uk/atheism/guestwriters/brown.html

The simulacrum is never that which conceals the truth -- it is the truth which
conceals that there is none. The simulacrum is true.

<snip>

Religion is a simulacrum: something that is made real by its believers, not
something that is believed in because it is real.  If wishing would make it
so, then we all should learn to bend our knees to the invisible deities that
keep us, punish us, judge us, and allow us such suffering and misery, but say
they really love us?  humanity must solve human problems and learn to live
with death.  Expecting anything less is waiting for someone or something else
to make it all right.  Prey if you must (spelling intentional).  The sheep are
led to the slaughter and the meek shall inherit the wind.

Best regards
Patrick Corliss


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