[governance] regulating the digital space - whose laws apply, and whose do not

[Daniel Kalchev]

On 30.8.2011 г. 19:35 ч., Paul Lehto wrote:
> I can easily imagine a punchline at the end of a brief recitation of 
> the facts of this discussion about whether or not law is necessary and 
> inevitable regarding the internet, and the punchline goes like this: 
> "And then the gentleman from Bulgaria said LIBYA was an example of how 
> we can have the internet without law!" This borders on the funny or 
> laughable.

Paul, as far as I am aware, I am the only gentlemen from Bulgaria who 
participates in this multi-monologue.

It seems you don't even try to read what others wrote.

As they say in my country: "it would have been funny or laughable, if it 
was not tragic"

> Is this Libyan example really a state of affairs that we can support? 

I have several observations to make on your positions with regards to 
"Libian" and similar cases:

- You have absolutely no idea what it is to have to live trough events 
like this. Yet, you give advice and competent opinion.

- You have absolutely no idea how Internet functions, how it is 
'regulated' and how it can heal itself. Just a hint: none of this 
involves 'governments' or 'law'.

- You asume that Libia (and it seems, Bulgaria too) are sort of lesser 
nations. I am not offended - your opinion is yours -- no idea about the 
Libian or other African participants here, but cannot ignore the feeling 
that you have extremely distorted view of the world.

- One interesting observation from the above is that probably places 
like Libia are embracing the Internet, because they recognize similar 
pattern -- Internet struggles to survive as much as their society 
struggles to survive. Please note, the society -- not the 'government' 
or the 'law'.

- Libia will eventually get 'good' laws and governance from the 'western 
world', but trust me -- just like the Internet, it's society will 
survive. Because those who will try, do not understand that society, 
just like they do not understand 'Internet'.

Even if it was not me, who gave the Libian example, I do consider it 
very good, from a governance point of view.

Daniel
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