[governance] ICANN/USG Affirmation of Commitments

[Roland Perry]

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 >, at 15:48:51 on Fri, 2 Oct 2009, Jeffrey A. Williams 
<jwkckid1 at ix.netcom.com> writes
>Roland and all,
>
>  I believe Paul already covered the ground to which
>you are quering, see below: "only democratically elected
>politicians can do that, and only if they are behaving
>correctly as well."  "behaving correctly and well" being
>the specific language to which your query relates.

Even by "behaving well" you cannot act in the public interest when the 
public are split 50:50 regarding what their interests are.

If the "public interest" according to one set of politicians is to go to 
war over oil, and according to a different set is to avoid going to war 
over oil; how is that resolved (for the supporters of the losing side) 
after an election?

>  Certainly in the US as in Canada, and the UK, elected
>representitives are significantly unpopular as has been
>widely reported and polls have shown time an time again.
>Citizens are partly responsible for taking the time to
>keep their elected representatives accountable by
>communicating with them their concerns frequently, directly
>as possible, and pointedly to their areas of concern.  Occaisonally
>perhaps reminding them that your vote for them in the next
>election may be in the ballance accordingly.
>
>-----Original Message-----

>>I've never seen quite such a close linkage being made between public
>>interest and elected politicians. After many elections around half the
>>electorate won't find the politicians acting in their interest. Is there
>>some benchmark for how much of the public has to have its interests
>>served by the particular flavour of elected politicians, in the context
>>of the remarks here?

-- 
Roland Perry
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