At 12:57 PM 7/15/99 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> As many issues in this debate are, I suspect that
>> at least some of our differences are cultural in
>> nature.
>>
>> While you might be comfortable with a small cabal
>> of Government and Corporate appointees making global
>> decisions for the entire, world-wide Internet, most
>> Americans will not be.
>>
>I never said that I am comfortable with it, I just said that it takes time
>to change.
>
>I agree that there may be cultural differences, but I disagree this being
>one of these. Maybe because that, among all people on the Earth, Italians
>are among the most suspicious about Governments. Or maybe because our
>Constitution (sorry to counterdict Esther) also states that power resides to
>the people (literal translation sounds like: "The soverainity belongs to the
>people, who exerces it in the forms and within the limits of this
>Constitution").
Why then, it's no wonder we agree as often
as we do :-)
>So, it's not a cultural difference, it is a practical (and pragmatical)
>approach that makes me think that, failure to have the Net governed by a
>direct democracy involving at least a good part of all users worldwide, I
>much prefer to have involvment of governments (for instance, but also
>corporations, user associations, ... I would say "institutional" actors)
>than giving the whole thing to a few hundred individuals on this or another
>E-mail list.
My problem with ICANN remains. We have small,
closed, secretive group of un-elected and
un-accountable board members making decisions
affecting every Netizen on the planet.
If that's the closest we can come to self
governance, then I want *no* part of it.
I would prefer to have governments formally
in charge of the process. That way, at least,
we have a long tradition of historical and
legal protections built in.
IMHO & FWIW,
Respectfully,
Jay Fenello
President, Iperdome, Inc.� 404-943-0524
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