On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 05:20:10PM +0100,
 Brian E Carpenter <[email protected]> wrote 
 a message of 32 lines which said:

> So far, fortunately, the Internet Governance Forum 

Hold on, the Internet Governance Caucus I was talking about (a civil
society loosely connected group) is not the Internet Governance Forum
(an intergovernmental body). 

> The danger is always there that they will persuade government reps
> in the ITU or other UN bodies to take action that will damage the
> Internet.

The main danger to the Internet comes from existing governments (and
not only the repressive regimes), not from the UN or the ITU or an
hypothetical UN-inspired organization
<http://www.internetgovernance.org/2012/05/24/threat-analysis-of-itus-wcit-part-1-historical-context/>.

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