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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>I'd like to read a current discussion
of whether ignorance IS bliss :), but not on this list. However, I
am supporting informed choice, not ignorance here. I think most of the
world would and should choose to have the opportunities offered by
Internet access, and I support both the choice and the right to access. I also
support the right to an informed choice to stay disconnected, as some indigenous
communities have decided. I realize no one has spoken against that right. It was
just a gentle reminder that not everyone needs to or chooses to employ
technology, even if I do want to have the latest gadgets.</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=kboakye1@yahoo.co.uk href="mailto:kboakye1@yahoo.co.uk">kwasi
boakye-akyeampong</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=governance@lists.cpsr.org
href="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 15, 2008 5:36
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [governance] rights based
approach to the Internet</DIV>
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<TD>Is ignorance bliss?<BR><BR>He may not even know that those
opportunites exist.<BR><BR>Kwasi<BR><BR>
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<DIV><FONT class=sqq><STRONG><FONT face=system color=#007f40>“If I am
not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am
I? And if not now, when?”</FONT></STRONG> - <FONT
face="arial black"><FONT face=system>Rabbi
Hillel</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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On <B>Mon, 14/4/08, Ginger Paque <I><ginger@paque.net></I></B>
wrote:<BR>
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Ginger Paque <ginger@paque.net><BR>Subject: Re: [governance]
rights based approach to the Internet<BR>To:
governance@lists.cpsr.org, "Ian Peter"
<ian.peter@ianpeter.com><BR>Date: Monday, 14 April, 2008, 11:03
PM<BR><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>Is this a trick question?
The <STRONG>same</STRONG> opportunities?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>A resounding no, for
reasons that seem too obvious to bother enumerating.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>On the other hand, it is
possible that a person who has NO Internet access also enjoys
some <STRONG>different</STRONG> opportunities, even if she does not
have as many. For instance, lower stress level in some ways?
Possibility of a rich and productive <STRONG>local</STRONG>
society?</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=ian.peter@ianpeter.com href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com"
target=_blank rel=nofollow>Ian Peter</A> </DIV>
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Monday, April 14, 2008 4:36 PM</DIV>
<DIV
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RE: [governance] rights based approach to the Internet</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>A fundamental question -<BR><BR>Does a person who has
no Internet access enjoy the same opportunities in<BR>global society
as those who do?<BR><BR><BR><BR>Ian Peter<BR>(the last living NWICO
fan...)<BR><BR>No virus found in this outgoing message.<BR>Checked
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