>Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 18:47:22 -0700
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>From: Ken Freed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: On the IFWP postings since RE: Dyson's reply
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>So much bickering over trifles. Sad!
>So much egoism undermining truth.
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>The postings thus far avoid the point.
>I watched agape as you all fled from the
>difficult central issue I've raised yet again.
>Not one person on this e-list, not Esther,
>not anyone, has directly talked about it.
>Why try to evade such a core concern?
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>I repeat:
>"Will you address the legitimacy of a governance body that's
>presuming to govern without the consent of the governed?
>There has never been a global vote giving permission
>for ICANN to become our global Internet government."
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>So, argue this logic:
>If a government must be elected to be legitimate.
>if there is to be any kind of Internet government,
>for that government to be legitimate, it must be
>elected. ICANN is assuming the powers of an
>Internet government. ICANN was never elected
>by the people of the Internet. Therefore, ICANN
>is illegitimate. Is there a flaw in my reasoning?
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>Debate this notion:
>And if you agree that ICANN is illegitimate, then
>cooperation with its attempt to rule is illogical.
>Rulers have only the power WE give them.
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>Consider this vision:
>Let Esther walk away, Let ICANN fall -- replaced
>with an elected government based upon a global
>Internet Constitution. Let's try laws, not decrees.
>Let's try responsible self rule Let's be true to our
>souls. Let's be mature enough to try democracy.
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>Please, why not talk about what truly matters?
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>-- ken
>http://www.media-visions.com/icann.htm
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