<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body ><div>...and let us remind ourselves that *we still need the ITU* !!</div><div><br></div><div>--c.a.</div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:100%">------------<br>C. A. Afonso</div></div> <br><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: Milton L Mueller <mueller@syr.edu> <br>Date: 10/02/2013 17:28 (GMT-03:00) <br>To: governance@lists.igcaucus.org,Bill Woodcock <woody@pch.net> <br>Subject: RE: [governance] Defund the ITU petition <br> <br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D">Considering all the ways in which the US govt (involuntarily) collects tax monies and uses them in ways that oppose my interests, the ITU budget is a rounding error.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D">Cannot speak for Adam, but perhaps he was concerned about the hyperventilated and distorted manner in which the defund the ITU campaign is being carried out. The degree
to which the US (and other countries) continue to financially support the ITU (and other UN agencies) is a legitimate topic of debate and discussion. Indeed, I would like to see a calm and pragmatic discussion of what people see as the future role of the ITU,
and am perfectly willing to entertain “no role” or “a dramatically reduced role” as a debatable option. But let’s carry out the discussion in a less polarized way, and one that pays attention to basic facts about geopolitics and intergovernmental relations.
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Bill Woodcock<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, February 10, 2013 11:39 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> governance@lists.igcaucus.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [governance] Defund the ITU petition<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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On Feb 10, 2013, at 7:45 AM, Adam Peake <<a href="mailto:ajp@glocom.ac.jp">ajp@glocom.ac.jp</a>> wrote:<br>
> Good to see there's still no interest <br>
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Really, Adam? You think it's "good" that I should be forced to make involuntary payments to an organization that uses them to oppose my interests?<br>
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Since it's not your money that we're talking about, I'm curious why you feel you have standing to make such an assertion.<br>
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