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On Friday 03 December 2010 07:46 PM, Roland Perry wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:i+ij7dQavP+MFAc1@internetpolicyagency.com"
type="cite">In message <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:4CF8C38E.8030507@itforchange.net"><4CF8C38E.8030507@itforchange.net></a>, at
15:46:46 on Fri, 3 Dec 2010, parminder
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net"><parminder@itforchange.net></a> writes
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<blockquote type="cite">Dear Roland,
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At least I have mentioned it several times why it doesnt meet my
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approval (and that of most developing country actors) . Let me say it
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again - I and my country are not represented in CoE/ OECD initiatives.
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Do you think this is not a good enough reason? Does democracy and
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global democracy count for anything?
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That depends whether or not there's anything fundamentally wrong with
the initiatives.</blockquote>
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Who decides what is wrong or not? The corresponding question - since I
asked if democracy counts for anything - is how does lack of democracy
in a country matter if 'things are working well', whatever it means.<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:i+ij7dQavP+MFAc1@internetpolicyagency.com"
type="cite"> That's pragmatism rather than paternalism.</blockquote>
like colonialism (or the white man's burden ) was pragmatism, as
apartheid was pragmatism, as China's throttling of dissent is
pragmatism........<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:i+ij7dQavP+MFAc1@internetpolicyagency.com"
type="cite">We are where we are, </blockquote>
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Yes, sure. If one is structurally well locating, it comes easy to
saying 'we are where we are'..... not to those who are marginalized. <br>
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I do wonder what are the limits of political correctness on this list. <br>
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For a global civil society group, the lack of enthusiasm for global
democracy here worries me a lot. <br>
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parminder <br>
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