[governance] ICANN/USG Affirmation of Commitments

[Eric Dierker]

Roland,
 
Try to encompass differing types of proof. Circumstancial, inferential, logical, persuasive, emotional. Your entirely "inside the box" logic is a blatant display of engineering chauvanism. Our world of people does not revolve around strictly tangible empirical number counting proofs. Think thusly: 99% of funding for the UN is not done based upon "proof" of results. The Vatican is not wealthy due to logical bookkeeping in your sense. Most all things done of reason are done for future, disaster relief, wars and savings accounts are examples -- yet these are done without proof that the future will exist.
 
Think of a social work as an experiment and you will see more clearly.

--- On Wed, 10/7/09, Roland Perry <roland at internetpolicyagency.com> wrote:


From: Roland Perry <roland at internetpolicyagency.com>
Subject: Re: [governance] ICANN/USG Affirmation of Commitments
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 6:02 AM


In message <76f819dd0910060857l766c25e5y4df848136e07598 at mail.gmail.com>, at 08:57:35 on Tue, 6 Oct 2009, Paul Lehto <lehto.paul at gmail.com> writes
> I'm still waiting for my basic thesis to be attacked, namely, that
> democratic control (emphasis on CONTROL, not mere "input") is the only
> legitimate way to vindicate the public interest.

The simplest attack is to observe that your thesis relies upon "proof by assertion". At least one part of your assertion has been shown to be an exaggeration (it would be unkind to say "false"). Currently, the ball is in your court to improve upon your proof.
-- Roland Perry
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