At 02:49 PM 6/23/99 -0400, you wrote:
>I see you have 3 domain names and no business...
>
>I can't resist pointing to the discussions on the list that suggests that a
>person should not register a domain name unless prior use business activity
>supports the name choice! I don't support this idea, but there are others
>on the list that have suggested this concept. I am glad that you are not
>frightened off by this silly behavior. Individual rights will prevail over
>simple business ideas, I believe.
To buy into such suggestions (that a person should not register . . . ) is to
capitulate, to fold, to crawl back into one's shell and acknowledge that the
internet is of the commercial interests, by the commercial interests, and
for the commercial interests; it has been transformed, commandeered,
and stolen from the scientific, technical, cultural and individual communities.
The enduring values of the internet are to be found only in the coin of the
realm, without regard to the interests of the majority of its users, forgetting
that, as a matter of simple logic, the ordinary users (i.e., read "consumers")
of the internet must necessarily outnumber by many multiples the plethora
of business types clogging up the bandwidth or else they could not provide
enough support to keep such businesses alive. The quest for monetary
gain is so vigorously pursued that the voice of the turtle is never heard in
the land.
Bill Lovell
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Cthulhu's Little Helper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 12:40 PM
>Subject: [IFWP] A simple question
>
>
>>
>> Hi everyone.
>>
>> I've just recently subscribed to the list, and I've been quietly reading
>> these past few days. While I'm new to the list, I'm not a stranger to the
>> issues, although the list exposes the politics a bit more than some other
>> sources.
>>
>> I'd like to ask a simple question -- a question that I think gets to the
>> very root of at least one or two problems people have been expressing.
>> And I'd like an honest answer, from Joe Sims, or Michael Sondow, or any
>> other representatives, current or potential.
>>
>> I'm just an average guy. I happen to own three domain names, currently.
>> Nothing special. I don't run businesses. I'm not even sure how I want
>> to use them, yet. But one thing concerns me:
>>
>> How and when will I be allowed to have a say in ICANN?
>>
>> Thanks. I know it's not an easy question to answer, and I've heard lots
>> of rhetoric regarding the various representative bodies, the
>non-commercial
>> constituency, et al. So let's not rehash that, please. I would really
>> rather hear something that addresses the issue of allowing the common
>> domain owner to have a voice with respect to ICANN policies.
>>
>> --
>> Mark C. Langston
>> UNIX Systems Administrator
>> San Jose, CA
>>
