[governance] Consensus call on rights theme - yes or noresponse

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

Norbert and all,

  Hi again Norbert!  Lonte time no hear from.  I agree with
your point made below.  >:)

Norbert Klein wrote:

> Just a quick comment onone point onnly:
>
> On Friday, 12 September 2008 08:40:26 Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
>
> > I am going to vote YES despite my strong reservations about certain of
> > the rights posited here, on the basis that at least this will put the
> > topic of rights squarely on the agenda where the disagreements we have
> > can be debated openly and in depth.  However if it would be possible
> > to substitute "Internet" for "internet", all the better.
>
> To substitute "Internet" for "internet" would, of course, open another wide
> debate, which has been also going on for some time.
>
> In my context of colleagues, friends, mailing lists etc. the use of "Internet"
> indicates that we talk about the system we use here - with ONE common root
> and point-to-point connectivity with all who participate, and for which ICANN
> is having an important function.
>
> But there are alternative systms, using an alternative root, independent from
> ICANN, and offering - first of all - connectivity among those who use their
> specific internet system. Some of them provide connectivity to the Internet,
> but from the Internet to these internets, connectivity depends on setting
> specific gateways etc. and a lot of technical, social, and legal implications
> are far from being discussed to the end.
>
> I would prefer to keep Internet in this document - though the discusion of a
> variety of smaller internets is an interstng discussion, but we did not
> engage in it here.
>
>
> Norbert klein
> Open Institute - Cambodia
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