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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Bill, I too missed what
exactly you are pointing to...<br>
<br>
However, since you are parodying the statement issued by IT for Change
and others (and supported by 66 organisations and 117 other
individuals), apropos Michael's email, I must direct your attention to
the fact that the statement seeks such a global Internet body to act
primarily on the basis of human rights.<br>
<br>
Incidentally, even India's CIRP proposal, among its 7 listed functions
has the following function: </font>
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and
protection of all human
rights, namely, civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights,
including the Right to
Development; <br>
<br>
We all do know that governments do all kinds of things, do we therefore
then refuse to agree to constitute them at all, and certainly refuse to
vote.... Do you take and practise such an anarchic view with respect to
your own national politics. If not, why so? One can easily construct
many such parodies vis a vis the US government,and what it implies to
vote in any government at all for governing the US.<br>
<br>
Why do such anarchic dispositions rise up only when global politics is
concerned. Is it a fear by the rich parts of the world of having to
share the undue benefits and advantages that they may be sitting on? <br>
<br>
Parminder <br>
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On Sunday 20 May 2012 08:33 PM, michael gurstein wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Quite honestly Bill, the actual meaning/logic of your (I think meant to be)
ironic comment escapes me (I read it four times and it still escapes me...
(and by my reckoning had either or both of Iran and Pakistan signed on to
some global treaty about Internet Rights/rights on the Internet (or
something similar) it would I'm assuming, be even a wee bit more difficult
for the respectie governments to act in this high-handed way by for example,
giving those internally in opposition an international agreement to point
to/argue for before the courts; and also give those externally who disagree
with those actions some specific context for them to exercise their
disagreement; or have I missed something here.
M
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Subject: Re: [governance] Twitter officially shutdown to Internet users in
Pakistan
On May 20, 2012, at 3:30 PM, Fouad Bajwa wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Twitter officially shutdown in Pakistan - Twitter Banned in Pakistan
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/2012/05/twitter-officially-shu">http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/2012/05/twitter-officially-shu</a>
tdown-in-pakistan.html
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If only "the oversight of the Internet's critical technical and logical
infrastructure" could be "transferred to an appropriate, democratic and
participative multilateral body" so that Pakistan would not be forced to
take unilateral action merely to shut out this evil monopolist that, with
three other sites, controls "much of what is considered to be the Internet
today by most people today".
On May 13, 2012, at 12:25 AM, michael gurstein wrote:
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<pre wrap="">"The telecommunications minister has ordered the use of domain names
ending with .ir" belonging to Iran, Asr Ertebatat reported.
The order prohibits banks, insurance firms and telephone firms using
foreign hosts for their sites or to inform their clients using foreign
providers such as Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail or MSN, it said.
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If only "the oversight of the Internet's critical technical and logical
infrastructure" could be "transferred to an appropriate, democratic and
participative multilateral body" so that Iran would not be forced to take
unilateral action merely to shut out these evil monopolists...
We demand it!
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