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-----Original Message----- From: Jim Fleming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, January 08, 1999 3:20 PM Subject: Bringing Closure to the Situation >Stef, > >Recently, you have been posting items that appear to be >focused on helping people bring closure to the "DNS mess". >In my opinion, you might want to consider the history before >suggesting solutions. Your proposals seem to be focused >on suggesting that humans begin to operate by some new, >ethical norms that you seem to imply do not exist. > >In my opinion, you might be missing the fact that the Internet >has just been through the equivalent of a "world war". In a >war the ethical norms may not be present. This does not mean >they will not be slowly restored as we enter peace times. I am >confident that they will be restored. > >One way to start repairing the damage from the war is to >recognize that the regime of the zealot and dictator, Jon Postel >is over. Not only that, I believe that people should convene a >convention to identify and bring to trial the various war criminals >that so actively supported the Postel regime. Some symbolically >call these people the "12 Apostels". > >By bringing these people to trial, the world will be able to bring >closure to the end of the Postel regime. At the same time the >trials are being held, I suggest that people begin to focus on the >good things that are now possible with the end of the Postel regime. >In my opinion, the interplay of the focus on the future and the >documenting of the past will help to provide not only closure, but >a renewed vigor for people truely interested in moving the Internet >forward. > >As members of the Internet community, we have an obligation not >to allow history to lose track of what went on these past few years. >People can never be allowed to forget. The people that are tried and >convicted should be sentanced to life banishment from the Internet. >They can not be allowed to be scattered among the masses only to >help promote a new dictator of their choosing. > > >Jim Fleming >Unir Corporation >
