[governance] Blogpost: (Whose) Hand off (What) Internet? Some Reflections on WCIT 2012

[Fahd A. Batayneh]

Thank you Michael, an good piece of writing overall.

You say "*... or 13th century Saudi Arabia dictating what goes over the
Internet or as the term goes, “governing the Internet”*". Many do not
understand the nature of culturally-driven and religiously-driven nations.
Saudi Arabia, the Arab states, and many Asian countries are of this nature.
It is best to understand such driving forces before making such claims.

And besides, Isn't this the same country that the USA has tight bonds with?
Let us not forget Aramco (a USA-KSA giant based in the eastern province of
KSA) and the daily chats the Saudi ambassador (Prince Bandar at that time)
and President George Bush Jr used to have over breakfast.... Unless of
course the USA likes to deal with "13th century countries".

Fahd

On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 11:30 PM, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com>wrote:

> FWIW
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> http://gurstein.wordpress.com/2012/12/09/whose-hand-off-what-internet-some-r
> eflections-on-wcit-2012/
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> MG
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