Kent and all,
Kent Crispin wrote:
> On Thu, May 13, 1999 at 10:49:50PM -0700, Patrick Greenwell wrote:
> > On Thu, 13 May 1999, Kent Crispin wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, May 13, 1999 at 06:32:31PM -0700, Patrick Greenwell wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Legislators know how to put laws on the books. They have little experience
> > > > in taking them off.
> > >
> > > We are not talking about legislators. This is not a government.
> >
> > Sadly Kent, you are mistaken. The sooner that misconception is put to
> > rest, the better.
>
> Let's see --
> Governments have standing armies. Does ICANN?
First not all governments have standing armies. Granada comes
to mind, for instance. So this is not a definition or even part of
a definition of a Government.
>
> Governments can put you in jail. Can ICANN?
No ICANN cannot. But they SEEK to be able to have the ability
to put your DOMAIN in Jail (Read on Hold or taken from you without
due process)
>
> Governments can have you executed. Can ICANN?
Not all Governments have the death penalty, again Granada comes
to mind here as well. Hence this is neither a argument against Patricks
contention, and is also not part of any definition of a Government
either. Therefore your using this as an argument is invalid.
>
>
> The usual definition of a government is an entity that has a
> monopoly on force. Does ICANN?
Not yet, no. But ICANN is seeking to have a monopoly over
all of the legacy DNS, all of the Internet Protocols and how they are
used, and all IP addresses and their delegation and use as well.
This being the case, it seems relatively simple to conclude that
ICANN does seek a monopoly on force over the IPv4 and IPv6
internet.
>
>
> A few regulatory functions, enforced through contracts, does not
> make a government, Patrick.
>
> --
> Kent Crispin "Do good, and you'll be
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] lonesome." -- Mark Twain
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