[governance] Cerf and Kahn receive the US highest civil award

[Stephane Bortzmeyer]

On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 11:34:40AM -0500,
 George Sadowsky <george.sadowsky at attglobal.net> wrote 
 a message of 48 lines which said:

> then you use your personal view of ICANN to denigrate the
> contribution of two people, over 35 years, toward development of
> today's Internet.

Replying to Joe Baptista (or even reading his messages) was may be not
a good idea, anyway...

But, in the mentioned case, the most important denigration comes from
the Whitehouse press release itself. For Kahn and Cerf, being
associated with basketball players is only ridiculous but receiving
the same reward as:

General Richard B. Myers served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff during one of the most challenging and dangerous periods in
American history. General Myers was at the forefront of preparing
America's armed forces to meet the threats of the new century. His
tenure was marked by the toppling of brutal dictatorships in
Afghanistan and Iraq and the liberation of more than 50 million
people.

is a more serious problem.


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