My God, is this person for real???? What on God's green Earth is she
talking about?
Oh, the poor Internet . . . . . . with Esther in charge.
Makes me sick.
At 12:19 PM -0500 11/30/99, Esther Dyson wrote:
>In practical terms, I don't think a "global" vote makes sense. A vote of
>people worldwide, yes, but only of interested parties who know what they are
>voting about. yes, I know, who decides? maybe we should have a global vote
>on that! (just kidding!) it should organize bottom-up, Better yet where
>possible are global markets, where people get to choose for themselves
>without imposing their choices on others.
>
>esther
>
>At 09:50 am 11/30/1999 +1200, 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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