[governance] Tangential (On Exceptionalism Wikileaks) America's vassal acts decisively and illegally

[Kerry Brown]

Best statement I've heard yet in this ongoing, neverending debate.

"There is an even clearer alternative, that of NO oversight by governments."

Why are we as civil participants advocating for any government control of the Internet. An international board of representatives of all stakeholders with none having any more power than any other is the preferred option. We are on the way to that already. Why would we want to change this path?

Kerry Brown

From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] On Behalf Of McTim
Sent: August-20-12 8:20 AM
To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; parminder
Subject: Re: [governance] Tangential (On Exceptionalism Wikileaks) America's vassal acts decisively and illegally


On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 9:14 AM, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net<mailto:parminder at itforchange.net>> wrote:

<snip>

The alternative is clear;


There is an even clearer alternative, that of NO oversight by governments.

Since we are CS, why would we insist on having gov'ts take on this role when we can do it ourselves (as a "free--floating" ICANN run by an international BoD)?

Not only is this more desirable IMHO, but actually something that might be achieved.

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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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