[governance] On Funding and Incorporation

[Eric Dierker]

Fouad,
 
Very clearly what you are trying to do here is stifle intellectual discourse.  It may make you uncomfortable or someone else feel inadequate.  That is life.  It is very important that you do not try to "dummy down" intelligent and analytical debate in order to make it feel good or help to reach a consensus. "critic" is essential in higher thought.  You must not enable those who are unwilling or illsuited for thesis and thesis defense and attack, by stopping a method of finding truths that is much older than your nation and as constant as the written word.
 
Sometimes in respectful human interface it is the brightest and most talented that need protection from attack or censorship.  We cannot always feel sorry for those who take offense easily as a defensive mechanism to avoid doing the hard intellectual work of debate.
Mental laziness or ignorance is not a protected handicap or disability.  In some arenas the players must qualify in order to participate.

--- On Mon, 12/14/09, Fouad Bajwa  wrote:


Regarding the concern here, I think if we look at the IGC membership
list, participants like us from the developing world are a good answer
of both individual and organizational civil society actors.

I feel that we are all currently suggesting so critic should be
limited at this stage till the collection of suggestion comes out for
consensus comments and suggestions.
 
ven organizational development) on the part of a wider range of
> Internet related civil society organizations particularly those with a more
> grassroots and practitioner base and orientation although this seem to be
> starting to develop through the regional IGFs.
>
> We need go no further than our television screens or online news services to
> see the significance of grassroots civil society currently in Copenhagen.
> There were similar manifestations around the Beijing Women's conference and
> very significant grassroots civil society coaltions in areas such as the
> International Land Coaliton www.landcoaliton.org
>
> Focussing rather less on identifying individuals to bring into this rather
> rarefied fold and rather more on linking with and enabling groups with a
> broader range of practical on the ground Internet related concerns might be
> a useful exercise all round.
>
> Mike Gurstein
>
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