Like I keep saying - when you think of Ester - just think red latex, and
maybe a big dildo to wrap it all up. Ester does not equal reality.
On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Frank Rizzo wrote:
> 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/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >Esther Dyson Always make new mistakes!
> >chairman, EDventure Holdings
> >chairman, Internet Corp. for Assigned Names & Numbers
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >1 (212) 924-8800 -- 1 (212) 924-0240 fax
> >104 Fifth Avenue (between 15th and 16th Streets; 20th floor)
> >New York, NY 10011 USA
> >http://www.edventure.com http://www.icann.org
> >
> >PC Forum: 12 to 15 March 2000, Scottsdale (Phoenix), Arizona
> >Book: "Release 2.1: A design for living in the digital age"
> >High-Tech Forum in Europe: October 2000, where would you like it?
> >Barcelona, Edinburgh, Istanbul, other?
>
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