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>Dear Readers:
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>As I am sure many of you are aware, there have been calls for one or more =
>constituencies that would embrace individuals as such. These initiatives =
>have sought to confer upon interested individuals somewhat more say in =
>domain name governance than would be available under the rubric of the =
>General Assembly.
>
>One of the more vocal proponents of that initiative has been an organizatio=
>n calling itself, variously, the "Individual Domain Name Owners <something>=
>", <http://www.idno.org> and "The Cyberspace Association." A brief review =
>of the content of the website reveals some vague obeisance in the =
>direction of "democracy." One would expect as much. After all, one of =
>the buttons that we would expect the IDNO's to push is the "Democracy is =
>good" button.
>
>Don't be suckered-in by them. They're about as democratic as the Central =
>Committee of the CPSU(b). And I am their Leonid Trotsky :-)
>
>I was a co-founder of IDNO. However, I was foolish enough to criticize =
>several aspects of its activities:
>
> (A) ICANN-bashing
> (B) ISOC-bashing
> (C) Threats made by a single individual to squelch the comments =
>being made on the IDNO mailing list by Dave Crocker and Kent Crispin.
> (D) Votebots launched at the whim of a single individual to remove =
>Dave and Kent from the mailing list.
> (E) NSI-sucking-up.
>
>The immediate result was that I was expelled from membership in IDNO. No =
>warnings. No notice. No voting. Simply expelled by fiat of Joop =
>Teemstra.
>
>Many were those who thought that I must have been dropped in error, and =
>that Joop would put me back on the website just as soon as he awoke.
>
>Nope. Instead Joop sent me a note confirming that my deletion from the =
>list was not in error, and that he had done so because I had turned into =
>an enemy.
>
>I was still on the IDNO list, so I posted an essay about the nature of =
>democracy; about how democracy is based on respect for the rules, and a =
>belief that freedom of expression is a good idea, because out of the free =
>exchange of ideas comes workable political decisions made by the people. =
>I thereupon shut up and proceeded to watch the ensuing debate about =
>democratic processes. I was heartened to see some real progress being =
>made about the nature of the constituency and the "glue" that would hold =
>it together.
>
>Then . . .again without notice or warning or even the courtesy of an =
>invitation to leave (such as had been extended to Kent and Dave) . . .I =
>received the attachment.
>
>Yessiree, unsubscribed from the IDNO mailing list by Joop Teemstra =
>himself. It seems that silencing me is an even higher priority with IDNO =
>than silencing Kent and Dave combined. Oh, and I was also unsubscribed =
>from IDNO-announce. Wowie, I guess even the announce list contains pearls =
>which must be protected from swine like me.
>
>My removal was done in a manner that leaves no doubt as to what drives the =
>IDNO group. It's not a legitimate constituency. It's simply a group of =
>people to whom Joop has granted hecksher (or nihil obstat, if that's your =
>shtick :-). Since I'm insufficiently orthodox to please Joop, I have been =
>excluded from IDNO. Not by the will of IDNO's members, but simply because =
>I offended Joop.
>
>I don't think that there's any reason to take IDNO/CA seriously again. =
>They're kooks.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Kevin J. Connolly
><Please disregard the silly trailer which follows; it's my sysadmin's =
>idea, and I can't disable it while using this account.>
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