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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>Wow Jeremy you sound really perturbed (disturbed?). Did Richard "disrupt" a stitch up that you and your US and UK government/corporate funded mates had worked out at one of your 5 star retreats. And what/when exactly did all you folks decide to abandon democracy in favour of whatever multistakeholderism flavour of the day you happen to be peddling.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>For those folks who couldn't get through your turgid prose and convoluted semi-arguments let me summarize... "we good folks believe in Motherhood, apple pie, the American way and oh yes, multistakeholderism (sorry we don't really have a definition for it but we want to add it to the sacred Pantheon anyway); they, the bad guys, the JNC believe in the dark side, Darth Vader and oh yes, democracy...<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Or equally your tweet...<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i>: Jeremy Malcolm @qirtaiba • 17 hours ago<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i>:<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i>: Chris Painter from USG supports my observation that proposal to add<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i>: "democratic" to "multi-stakeholder" has baggage to it #netstudy</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>But it is good that you and your mates are finally going public on this, so maybe we should ask for a show of hands... Who here is prepared to follow Jeremy and the USG in publicly expressing the position that they have decided to abandon democracy in favour of oligarchy err multistakeholderism/governance by the 1%.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>EFF? Access? APC? UNESCO? ISOC? South Africa? Brazil? France?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Don’t be shy...<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>M<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>-----Original Message----- <br>From: Jeremy Malcolm [mailto:jmalcolm@eff.org] <br>Sent: March 4, 2015 5:27 PM<br>To: governance@lists.igcaucus.org; Michael Gurstein<br>Cc: anita@itforchange.net; bestbits@lists.bestbits.net<br>Subject: Re: [governance] [bestbits] Remarks at UNESCO Closing Ceremony of "Connecting the Dots Conference"</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>On Mar 4, 2015, at 7:54 PM, Michael Gurstein <<a href="mailto:gurstein@gmail.com"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>gurstein@gmail.com</span></a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Perhaps we could have an explanation from Jeremy and others on the drafting committee as to when and how "democracy" and "social and economic rights' became unacceptable terms in a document meant to have global significance?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>With pleasure. This is why:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://igfwatch.org/discussion-board/unesco-resists-jncs-attempt-to-turn-democracy-against-ordinary-internet-users"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://igfwatch.org/discussion-board/unesco-resists-jncs-attempt-to-turn-democracy-against-ordinary-internet-users</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>--<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Jeremy Malcolm<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Senior Global Policy Analyst<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Electronic Frontier Foundation<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="https://eff.org"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>https://eff.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="mailto:jmalcolm@eff.org"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>jmalcolm@eff.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>:: Defending Your Rights in the Digital World ::<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Public key: <a href="https://www.eff.org/files/2014/10/09/key_jmalcolm.txt"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>https://www.eff.org/files/2014/10/09/key_jmalcolm.txt</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>PGP fingerprint: FF13 C2E9 F9C3 DF54 7C4F EAC1 F675 AAE2 D2AB 2220 OTR fingerprint: 26EE FD85 3740 8228 9460 49A8 536F BCD2 536F A5BD<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Learn how to encrypt your email with the Email Self Defense guide:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>