[governance] rights based approach to the Internet

[Ginger Paque]

I'd like to read a current discussion of whether ignorance IS bliss :), but not on this list. However, I am supporting informed choice, not ignorance here. I think most of the world would and should choose to have the opportunities offered by Internet access, and I support both the choice and the right to access. I also support the right to an informed choice to stay disconnected, as some indigenous communities have decided. I realize no one has spoken against that right. It was just a gentle reminder that not everyone needs to or chooses to employ technology, even if I do want to have the latest gadgets.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: kwasi boakye-akyeampong 
  To: governance at lists.cpsr.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 5:36 AM
  Subject: Re: [governance] rights based approach to the Internet


        Is ignorance bliss?

        He may not even know that those opportunites exist.

        Kwasi


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        --- On Mon, 14/4/08, Ginger Paque <ginger at paque.net> wrote:

          From: Ginger Paque <ginger at paque.net>
          Subject: Re: [governance] rights based approach to the Internet
          To: governance at lists.cpsr.org, "Ian Peter" <ian.peter at ianpeter.com>
          Date: Monday, 14 April, 2008, 11:03 PM


          Is this a trick question? The same opportunities?

          A resounding no, for reasons that seem too obvious to bother enumerating.

          On the other hand, it is possible that a person who has NO Internet access also enjoys some different opportunities, even if she does not have as many. For instance, lower stress level in some ways? Possibility of a rich and productive local society?


            ----- Original Message ----- 
            From: Ian Peter 
            To: governance at lists.cpsr.org 
            Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 4:36 PM
            Subject: RE: [governance] rights based approach to the Internet


            A fundamental question -

            Does a person who has no Internet access enjoy the same opportunities in
            global society as those who do?



            Ian Peter
            (the last living NWICO fan...)

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