[governance] The New Class: Civil Society Professionals?

[Willie Currie]

Veni is the first to remind us of the excellent work he has done in 
Eastern Europe, which is another repetitive refrain of his, that seems 
designed to provide anchorage for his offensive attacks on civil 
society. Propaganda always mixes a bit of truth in with its excesses and 
the conviction that one is absolutely right is one of its leitmotifs.

Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> 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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