[governance] ICANN/USG Affirmation of Commitments

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

Roland and all,

-----Original Message-----
>From: Roland Perry <roland at internetpolicyagency.com>
>Sent: Oct 3, 2009 12:59 AM
>To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
>Subject: Re: [governance] ICANN/USG Affirmation of Commitments
>
>In message 
><17957550.1254516531501.JavaMail.root at elwamui-hybrid.atl.sa.earthlink.net
> >, 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.

We don't know where the public is at any given point in time unless
we take a poll or vote of a representative sample.  Ergo assuming that
there is a 50:50 split is not even an accurate assumption but rather
an opinion. 
>
>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?

It is or was resolved in your example by recognizing that majority
rules, even if you or I don't like the outcome.
>
>>  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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