[governance] [] US, UK and Canada refuse to sign UN's internet treaty

[Carlos A. Afonso]

Who is "we" and who is the "general public"?

--c.a.

On 12/15/2012 01:27 PM, Roland Perry wrote:
> In message <E1TjtQ7-000544-02 at frodo.hserus.net>, at 20:42:54 on Sat, 15
> Dec 2012, Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net> writes
>> Facts of life.. Substitute locksmiths and lock picking tools if you
>> want a less loaded analogy
>
> I don't have a problem with locksmiths, but shouldn't we be restricting
> the sale of lock-picking-tools to the general public?
>
>> ----- Reply message -----
>> From: "Roland Perry" <roland at internetpolicyagency.com>
>> To: <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>
>> Subject: [governance] [] US, UK and Canada refuse to sign UN's internet
>> treaty
>> Date: Sat, Dec 15, 2012 8:28 PM
>>
>>
>> In message <04A0107A-8321-4A36-863B-79CD87662186 at istaff.org>, at
>> 08:51:35 on Sat, 15 Dec 2012, John Curran <jcurran at istaff.org> writes
>>
>>> If we need controls, then we need them   on actual acts of harm, not
>>> the tools or their use.
>>
>> "Guns don't kill people, people do", a very topical observation.
>>
>> Eventually, maybe, someone will call "time" on that theory.
>> --
>> Roland Perry
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