[governance] enhanced consultations - further inputs

[Jean-Louis FULLSACK]

Parminder wrote :

Message du 04/12/10 06:21
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> A : "governance at lists.cpsr.org" , "Roland Perry" 
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> Objet : Re: [governance] enhanced consultations - further inputs
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> On Friday 03 December 2010 07:46 PM, Roland Perry wrote: In message <4CF8C38E.8030507 at itforchange.net>, at 15:46:46 on Fri, 3 Dec 2010, parminder writes 
> Dear Roland, 
> 
> At least I have mentioned it several times why it doesnt meet my 
> approval (and that of most developing country actors) . Let me say it 
> again - I and my country are not represented in CoE/ OECD initiatives. 
> Do you think this is not a good enough reason? Does democracy and 
> global democracy count for anything? 
> 
> That depends whether or not there's anything fundamentally wrong with the initiatives. 
> Who decides what is wrong or not? The corresponding question - since I asked if democracy counts for anything - is how does lack of democracy in a country matter if 'things are working well', whatever it means.
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> 
> That's pragmatism rather than paternalism. like colonialism (or the white man's burden ) was pragmatism, as apartheid was pragmatism, as China's throttling of dissent is pragmatism........
> 
> We are where we are, 
> Yes, sure. If one is structurally well locating, it comes easy to saying 'we are where we are'..... not to those who are marginalized. 
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> I do wonder what are the limits of political correctness on this list. 
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> For a global civil society group, the lack of enthusiasm for global democracy here worries me a lot. 
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> parminder 
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