[governance] Bill of Rights for Governance, the foundation

[Eric Dierker]

In that it is not the governance that needs to be protected from the users. In that it is the users that must be protected from overbearing, self appointed, non-representative rulers in governance;
 
Know all persons by these presence.
 
 1. All internet users regardless of Race, Color, National or Geographic Origins, sex, age, language, Education or lack thereof shall be treated equally.  (we may want to take a page from A2K and add handicapped, a page from our Gay and Lesbian users and add sexual preference, and just to be careful add faith and creed)
 
2. No organization shall be created that in any way purports to govern the internet that excludes any class or segment of society, including simple users without other stake, from representation therein.
 
3. No organization shall be formed by any nation in their sole national capacity that purports to govern any other nations useage of the Internet.
 
4. No commercial or governmental interest shall ever be given priority over the rights of users.
 
5. No government action shall in any way ever cause there to be an interruption in user access to the Internet.
 
6. No private or commercial provider shall allow or promote or cause to ocurr any abridgement of the basic human rights of Speech, Faith, Press or due process.
 
7. No restrictions upon the useage of the internet shall be promulgated by anything less than legitimate duly elected individuals.
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