[governance] The New Class: Civil Society Professionals?

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

Willie Currie [27/05/08 18:38 -0400]:
> The fact that this post of Veni's is no different from his previous  
> posts goes to the point that I am making about classic propaganda  
> techniques.Repetition is a feature of such techniques. I fully  
> comprehend Veni's posts and find them offensive.

The difference between this and propaganda is that

1. A consistent position is advocated
2. There's truth and conviction backing it

You might want to take a look at the average moveon.org email / swift
boat press release for something that IS propaganda, and that reads quite
differently from this.

> anyone from ICANN is reading this post, I am pointing out that loose  
> cannons like Veni, who deploy crude propagandist smears repetitively  
> create a perception of ICANN by association which is not good for  
> ICANN's PR strategy.

Yes, but Veni is one of the very few people who backs criticism with actual
work done / actions taken. He's done excellent work in eastern europe.
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