<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">The affirmations should be viewed as affirming those who have struggled to hold ICANN accountable. Some who have so labored have done so as large benevolent societies with and earnest goal of providing for the well being of users. They are not perfect but they do help the cause by weighing in on such matters as human rights on the internet.<BR><BR>--- On <B>Fri, 10/2/09, Roland Perry <I><roland@internetpolicyagency.com></I></B> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Roland Perry <roland@internetpolicyagency.com><BR>Subject: Re: [governance] ICANN/USG Affirmation of Commitments<BR>To: governance@lists.cpsr.org<BR>Date: Friday, October 2, 2009, 8:21 PM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>In message <BR><<A href="http://us.mc839.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=23664951.1254514057829.JavaMail.root@elwamui-hybrid.atl.sa.earthlink.net" ymailto="mailto:23664951.1254514057829.JavaMail.root@elwamui-hybrid.atl.sa.earthlink.net">23664951.1254514057829.JavaMail.root@elwamui-hybrid.atl.sa.earthlink.net</A><BR>>, at 15:07:37 on Fri, 2 Oct 2009, Jeffrey A. Williams <BR><<A href="http://us.mc839.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com" ymailto="mailto:jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com">jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com</A>> writes<BR>> Yes they can, but unfortunately often do not.<BR><BR>So some can legitimately claim to act in the public interest. That's an <BR>advance on "none".<BR><BR>>Ergo one of many reasons why Paul's comments ring so indellably true.<BR><BR>I've never seen quite such a close linkage being made between public <BR>interest and elected politicians. After many elections around half the <BR>electorate
won't find the politicians acting in their interest. Is there <BR>some benchmark for how much of the public has to have its interests <BR>served by the particular flavour of elected politicians, in the context <BR>of the remarks here?<BR><BR>>-----Original Message-----<BR>>>From: Roland Perry <<A href="http://us.mc839.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=roland@internetpolicyagency.com" ymailto="mailto:roland@internetpolicyagency.com">roland@internetpolicyagency.com</A>><BR>>>Sent: Oct 2, 2009 1:44 PM<BR>>>To: <A href="http://us.mc839.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=governance@lists.cpsr.org" ymailto="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</A><BR>>>Subject: Re: [governance] ICANN/USG Affirmation of Commitments<BR>>><BR>>>In message<BR>>><<A href="http://us.mc839.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=76f819dd0910021037o36cd6b7aj9c8d7454ca116cc2@mail.gmail.com"
ymailto="mailto:76f819dd0910021037o36cd6b7aj9c8d7454ca116cc2@mail.gmail.com">76f819dd0910021037o36cd6b7aj9c8d7454ca116cc2@mail.gmail.com</A>>, at<BR>>>13:37:38 on Fri, 2 Oct 2009, Paul Lehto <<A href="http://us.mc839.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=lehto.paul@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:lehto.paul@gmail.com">lehto.paul@gmail.com</A>> writes<BR>>>>Although nonprofits are definitely much more public-interest minded, at<BR>>>>the end of the day no nonprofit can legitimately claim to represent the<BR>>>>PUBLIC INTEREST -- only democratically elected politicians can do that,<BR>>>>and only if they are behaving correctly as well.<BR>>><BR>>>So you don't think any charities can possibly act in the public<BR>>>interest?<BR><BR>-- <BR>Roland Perry<BR>____________________________________________________________<BR>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<BR> <A
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