Joop, it's not fair to quote out of context. I appreciate your arguments, but this was originally in response to a thread concerning the WTO and ICANN's engagement with that organization. Esther Dyson was commenting on the mess the WTO is, I think, not making statements concerning theoretical global democracy However the multilateral/bilateral thing is very confusing. Joop Teernstra wrote: > Esther wrote: > > >>It is not governing > > >the world, and god forbid *anything* should be put to a global vote. > > Esther, > > I do not want to read or understand this statement out of context, as I > think I understand what you were thinking of when you wrote that (world > government is abhorrent, whether democratic or not) but since I have been > striving very hard in the last few years to make putting things to a global > vote a possiblity (for special interest organizations), may I invite you to > modify that statement? > > How about the global vote for ICANN AL-members? > How about a global vote electing representatives or spokesmen for > stakeholders of very special interests, such as Domain Name Owners? > How about a global vote ratifying the bylaws/rules of an organization such > as the Cyberspace Association or --perish the thought<g> -- ICANN? > > --joop teernstra, IDNO bootstrap > > --Make good use of any voting rights and opportunities-- > http://www.democracy.org.nz/vote1/
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