STOP CCing me: [was Child Porn in Internet governance Re: [governance] Monroe Doctrin for Cyberspace?]

[Rui Correia]

Dear Eric

I've been on the governance list since its inception - there really is no
need for you to cc me - and possibly others - when you post to the list.
Your gesture is duly acknowledged, but really not necessary.

Yours

Rui

2009/8/19 Joe Baptista <baptista at publicroot.org>

>
>
> On 8/18/09, Jeffrey A. Williams <jwkckid1 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>
>>  act childish in the seeking of internet governance, which is why at
>> present Internet Governance is a child.
>>
>
> No - I would not say child. More like a prepubescent teenager. The
> education process is at best very slow. I think I have returned to this
> reasoning on a numerous occasions. Many people involved in internet
> governance have no idea what the Internet is. They know the buzz - believe
> the fiction and completely miss the point and are amazed to find out the
> Internet is very dangerous. I was the first to point that out in 1995 -
> http://bit.ly/Rp0fB - and time has proved me correct on this.
>
> If Internet governance people had any idea just how dangerous the Internet
> always was - is and will be more so as time passes and protocol evolves -
> then they would be seeking less government reliance on the internet and they
> would be warning people on the dangers awaiting them. Most of the
> infrastructure is completely insecure. DNS over UDP is a mess - DNSSEC a
> public relations disaster. And thats just two little protocols.
>
> This is an example of a child porn issue. If people here are serious about
> protecting children from predators and porn on the Internet then ask
> legislative assmblies to legislate children off the Internet. The only way
> to protect them is by cutting the source of the danger.
>
> Unfortunately - as I said what I see of Internet governance here is more
> wide eyed teenagers. All full of hope but completely unaware of the dangers.
> It takes time to grow up - or else become irrelevant - tempora mutantur, nos
> et mutamur en illis.
>
> regards
> joe baptista
> Personal: www.joebaptista.wordpress.com




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