Roeland,
You wrote,
>Political positions and alliances are a strange set of beasts. They also
>have many facets. One can not make assumptions that just because one has a
>collaborration on one hand, that a disagreement on the other hand is not
>possible. Likewise, disagreement on one front does not necessitate
>disagreements on ALL fronts.
Don't I know it! You should have seen some of the crap I caught for
supporting the Paris Draft, and actually talking to the Big Bad NSI. In
those negotiations, I found them reasonable and even fair. Frankly, I
wasn't too concerned about any further agenda of theirs.
Now something else has happened, and I don't think it's reasonable or fair.
What's more, it's so blatant that it's really a defining moment for the
people on this (these) list(s). If the usual voices-raised-in-protest stay
silent, it tells you something about them. I don't want to tell anyone what
to say, but say something, don't just look the other way. The InterNIC is
gone; what used to be a dreary site full of information is now a flashy site
with oh-so-happy dot-com-people banners and no information. How can that
possibly be ignored? Time for people to rear up on their hind legs and say
what they think.
I'll tell you what I think: this move by NSI is a big up-yours to their
competitors, their customers, and everyone who's been working on the ICANN
thing. It's also a big neener-neener to the U.S. Gov't, who is supposed to
be keeping them to heel.
To me, it's not an issue you can stay silent on. I'd like to hear what
people have to say, and I'd like to know if they say nothing. If you think
it's great, say so. If you think it stinks, say so. If you want to look
the other way, well, history is full of those types as well.
Antony
