[bestbits] [] Whether to participate in NETmundial Initiative - RFC

[Nnenna Nwakanma]

Minus "fooling ourselves" (because everyone has a right to an opinion)
+1

Nnenna

On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Avri Doria <avri at acm.org> wrote:

>  Hi,
>
> On 22-Nov-14 03:36, Francisco Vera Hott wrote:
> >  or the "UN Security Council" arguments.
>
> I understand what they were doing trying to build a core team, a remnant
> of the earlier champions idea, though I think it was inappropriate and
> backfired.  What I do not understand is how the security council
> equivalence could be imagined - there was no notion of veto anywhere in the
> concepts I read.  I think that was a bit a FUD that showed up in the shock
> blogs, that too many accepted as a reasonable stance on what was being
> proposed.
>
> I think that the JNC took a principled stance.  I disagree with it and
> think it premature, but I can see it as a thought out position that fits
> within the concept of the CSCG.  I think ISOC should be praised for
> refusing a special seat and for continuing to consult with the NMI folks.
>
> It we think we are going to stop this by holding our breath until they go
> away, we may just find ourselves excluding ourselves from something that
> will then be able to go its own way without every giving our various points
> of view a chance.  And we will miss a chance to move the NMI toward the
> multistakeholder participatory democratic idea so many of us are dedicated
> to - no matter which terms we use or eschew at any point in time. There is
> a large segment of civil society that is not part of this little bubble of
> ours,  so we should not fool ourselves into thinking that our refusal is
> the master switch of legitimization.  Civil society will take part, of that
> I have no doubt, it just may not be this part of civil society.
>
> avri
>
>
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