Re: [wg-c] breaking up (names) is hard to do

[John Charles Broomfield <jbroom@manta.outremer.com>]

> >One of the reasons why NSI continues to be where it is right now is because
> >it has the veiled threat of "ok, if you don't like me, then cut me off".
> >It's a sort of game of "chicken". And nobody can cut NSI off just like that
> >(snap fingers) at this moment (unfortunately).
> 
> I'm sorry, I didn't realize we were talking about terminating NSI at
> a moment's notice and moving everyone into new domains.  

Precisely. To paraphrase:
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DoC/NSF/ICANN: Hey NSI, stop messing around and come into line or else.

NSI: Or else what? You gonna cut me off? Nyaaaaahhhh!!!!
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Blocks the game a bit, doesn't it?

Yours, John Broomfield.