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On Friday 03 December 2010 11:21 AM, McTim wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 8:12 AM, parminder <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net"><parminder@itforchange.net></a> wrote:
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If you do not want them to misuse their sovereignty claims, especially vis a
vis matters that are are increasingly of global implication, then you need
to have alternative globally democratic power
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I'm with Avri, to think that gov'ts won't claim sovereignty and act
unilaterally is idealistic at best.
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So?? We shd throw all governments into the sea and live by the law of
the jungle?<br>
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BTW, I did mention that in the areas under the ambit of WTO and WIPO,
governments, largely, are unable to act unilaterally. <br>
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About being 'idealistic', well, i dont know what is more idealistic
than to think that everything can self govern itself to the best
satisfaction of all, the kind of thinking that underlies your
contributions to most political discussions here.<br>
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Parminder <br>
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Unless your data is on a server in SeaLand
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.sealandgov.org/">http://www.sealandgov.org/</a>) or someplace like it, some gov't will be
asserting authority of some kind.
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