[governance] Re: Multi-stakeholders and the outcasts' Rights

[Roland Perry]

In message <880963.17965.qm at web83911.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>, at 10:15:20 on 
Fri, 5 Mar 2010, Eric Dierker <cogitoergosum at sbcglobal.net> writes
>Right on Roland,
> 
>So in the current debate I have not seen any person stand up for the 
>notion that even the least among us is entitled to Internet Rights -- 
>as in participation. 

Thank you - someone prepared to put some ideas on the table regarding 
what kind of "Rights" we might be talking about here.

> Looking at the UN charter human rights one finds many references to a 
>right to participate. 

That's participate in the political process.

So are you referring to a right that everyone might have to use the 
Internet in order to properly participate in traditional governmental 
politics, and/or a right for everyone to participate in Internet 
politics?

The interesting feature of the latter is that even in enlightened 
countries, it's not possible for the ordinary citizen to easily 
participate in every vertical market's politics.

But the Internet's politics are probably more accessible than most (I 
see more discussion like this, blogs and websites, discussing how and 
why the Internet is run the way it is than, say, equivalent discussion 
about the politics of running one of the biggest industries in many 
countries ie the Healthcare System).

>Why not here?

Here on this list, you mean? With rights come responsibilities, and as 
far as I'm aware anyone prepared to take those responsibilities 
seriously is allowed to participate.
-- 
Roland Perry
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