This is exactly what I was talking about Joe. A whack of unsupported criticisms that don't have a strong basis in reality. ICANN makes for a great target, but you should at least try and sling arrows of substance...
-rwr ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Baptista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ross Wm. Rader" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "adam beecher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 11:32 PM Subject: Re: [TLDA-Members] Fwd: BulkRegister partners with New.Net > > On Sat, 1 Feb 2003, Ross Wm. Rader wrote: > > > > Words can't express how angry that statement makes me feel Elliot. It's an > > > insult to the intelligence of your customers. > > > > Adam, > > > > Can you clarify this a bit? I spent a lot of time dealing with ICANN matters > > and therefore soaking up a lot of the criticism that goes its way. I would > > personally agree that a good portion of the criticism is warranted to > > differing degrees, but certainly not the majority and certainly not all the > > time. A lot of it comes from those with an axe to grind and even that which > > comes from supposedly unbiased sources is just plain wrong. I'd have to side > > with Elliot on this one and really don't understand what it is that raised > > your ire to the degree that your words convey... > > Maybe the fact that icann claims to be open and transparent but in fact is > closed and insular. Everyone knows icanns claims to open and transparent > are just a marketing jingo which has gotten very stale. > > In fact it no longer matter is critisims are warranted or not. Icanns > reputation is so tarnished they have effectly branded themselves as > something no one wants. Even if they were to do a 180 degree makeover it > would not help. They damed themselves by showing us a level of hypocracy > one only expects from governments and politicians - both dirty words to > many. > > Remember the root system is established based on trust, consensus and > cooperations. This however is a language foreign to icann. > > regards > joe > > Joe Baptista - only at www.baptista.god > > Pysmatic Network - The start of a unique Internet experience! > http://pysmatic.ppp/ > > >
