[governance] enhanced consultations - further inputs

[McTim]

On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 9:04 AM, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:
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> On Friday 03 December 2010 11:21 AM, McTim wrote:
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> On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 8:12 AM, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:
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> If you do not want them to misuse their sovereignty claims, especially vis a
> vis matters that are are increasingly of global implication, then you need
> to have alternative globally democratic power
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> I'm with Avri, to think that gov'ts won't claim sovereignty and act
> unilaterally is idealistic at best.
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> So?? We shd throw all governments into the sea and live by the law of the
> jungle?

not my thinking at all.

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> BTW, I did mention that in the areas under the ambit of WTO and WIPO,
> governments, largely, are unable to act unilaterally.

The key word there being "largely".

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> About being 'idealistic', well, i dont know what is more idealistic than to
> think that everything can self govern itself to the best satisfaction of
> all, the kind of thinking that underlies your contributions to most
> political discussions here.

That's the ethos that has made the Internet so successful thus far, I
don't think we should move away from it. Perhaps i should have used
the word "naive", but I was trying to be gentle.


-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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