Joop Teernstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> At 11:08 25/02/99 -0800, Greg Skinner wrote:
>> No governmental structure can overcome the foibles of human nature.
> You sound pretty defeatist. The design of such structures is an
> exercise in putting checks on those foibles,of balancing powers and
> creating accountability to the governed.
> Some constitutions clearly do a better job than others.
> Civilisation has been at it for 2500 years.
Well, perhaps I am a bit cynical. However, reading over some of the
discussions of how the DNSO and ICANN governmental structures should
be designed, I get the feeling people are trying to build the world's
most perfect government.
Ultimately, the government is going to do what the people who
participate in it want it to do. For example, people debate endlessly
about how weak the US government is, despite the fact that
(historically speaking) it has one of the strongest checks and
balances systems. At some point, whether something is "good" or "bad"
is going to be a matter of opinion.
There was a missive posted on this topic sometime back that I thought
covered this quite well.
--gregbo
