[governance] ITU Broadband Commission

[Riaz K Tayob]

Thanks for this perspicacity.

Yes, there is a paradox of participation, i.e. by participating one can 
legitimise what one intends to oppose. That in of itself is not a reason 
not to participate.

The issue is that one can be so radical as to be irrelevant, and so 
reformist as to not even be incrementalist. And these all depend on fine 
judgement of the range of possibility that fora have within them. So 
there is no formulae for this.

The key issue for me would be a culture of meaningful respect for 
diversity in these movements/processes. What we had in the swings of the 
pendulum on this list tends toward more rich country/market orientation 
views IMHO without adequate cognition of the need for diversity. This 
convergence implies a homogenising effect.

So it is different strokes for different folks, with some engaging and 
others commenting from afar. All should be tenable, and governance 
structures should encourage diverging views with an emphasis on 
fairness. Like it will not do to have bankers in charge of government 
rules on finance, a similar approach needs to be appreciated in the IG 
processes. But this rather obvious point is one that Parminder and 
others even struggle with here.

Diversity on views is important in this context, and should be 
encouraged rather than discouraged.



On 2012/04/07 01:30 PM, John Curran wrote:
> On Apr 7, 2012, at 4:42 AM, Riaz K Tayob wrote:
>>
>> But there is a good core of people here that question the dominant 
>> debates (and most importantly the /framing/ of debates) that ensures 
>> that these (?pseudo-) liberals do not hold the monopoly on the debates.
>
> Questioning the framing of the dominant debates is fine academic 
> exercise.
> Deciding not to participate in them on principle is more interesting 
> question,
> along the lines of MLK's ‘If you confront a man who has been cruelly 
> misusing
> you, and say “Punish me, if you will; I do not deserve it, but I will 
> accept it,
> so that the world will know I am right and you are wrong,” then you 
> wield a
> powerful and just weapon.’    The assumption being, of course, that the
> world even notices your decision not to participate at all in these 
> debates...
>
> /John
>
> Disclaimer:  My views alone.  Warning - the consumption of raw or 
> underprepared
> viewpoints may significantly increase your risk of mental health illness.
>
>
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