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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tks Fahd… and sorry for that bit of poetic licence :)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>M<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Fahd A. Batayneh [mailto:fahd.batayneh@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, December 09, 2012 10:18 PM<br><b>To:</b> michael gurstein<br><b>Cc:</b> IG Caucus<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [governance] Blogpost: (Whose) Hand off (What) Internet? Some Reflections on WCIT 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Thank you Michael, an good piece of writing overall.<br><br>You say "<i>... or 13th century Saudi Arabia dictating what goes over the Internet or as the term goes, “governing the Internet”</i>". Many do not understand the nature of culturally-driven and religiously-driven nations. Saudi Arabia, the Arab states, and many Asian countries are of this nature. It is best to understand such driving forces before making such claims.<br><br>And besides, Isn't this the same country that the USA has tight bonds with? Let us not forget Aramco (a USA-KSA giant based in the eastern province of KSA) and the daily chats the Saudi ambassador (Prince Bandar at that time) and President George Bush Jr used to have over breakfast.... Unless of course the USA likes to deal with "13th century countries".<br><br>Fahd<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 11:30 PM, michael gurstein <<a href="mailto:gurstein@gmail.com" target="_blank">gurstein@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>FWIW<br><br><a href="http://gurstein.wordpress.com/2012/12/09/whose-hand-off-what-internet-some-reflections-on-wcit-2012/" target="_blank">http://gurstein.wordpress.com/2012/12/09/whose-hand-off-what-internet-some-r<br>eflections-on-wcit-2012/</a><br><span style='color:#888888'><br><span class=hoenzb>MG</span><br></span><br>____________________________________________________________<br>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br> <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a><br>To be removed from the list, visit:<br> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing" target="_blank">http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing</a><br><br>For all other list information and functions, see:<br> <a href="http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance" target="_blank">http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance</a><br>To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:<br> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/" target="_blank">http://www.igcaucus.org/</a><br><br>Translate this email: <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate_t" target="_blank">http://translate.google.com/translate_t</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>