[governance] A false consensus is broken

[McTim]

On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp> wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 12:13 AM, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Or Parminder used/quoted colourful journalistic language in a journalistic medium...
>>
>
> Oh come on.  Parminder influenced by some US journalist.  Are you
> saying he's a lazy and hypocrite?
>
>
>> Anyway, why this pre-occupation with one perhaps infelicitous turn of (journalistic/diplomatic?) phrase ...
>
>
> Because it's not true, and anyone who has been on this list and/or
> read one or two news articles would know it's not true. Or, someone
> could go to the transcripts of the meeting and it would be perfectly
> clear.   Parminder makes the claim throughout the article, so hardly
> an accident.  As we know from his usual bile against anything
> "northern", it looks pretty deliberate.
>
> This is an OpEd in a major newspaper.  The Indian government said they
> will hold a public consultation about the outcome of WICT and whether
> the country should sign etc.  Clearly it's in this context Parminder's
> writing.  So yes, the rubbish does need to be pointed out to be
> rubbish.
>
>
>>
>  Is this the US Congress/Fox News where a fairly comprehensible
> mispeak can lead to a total "gothcha" pre-occupation (the Benghazi
> "discussions") for purely political purposes to the exclusion of
> substantive debate...
>>
>
>
> Then respond to criticism of support for extending state rights (also
> misleadingly presented in the OpEd.)

+1 to all of Adam's above remarks.

and "overlordship" is just one more example of a risible rhetorical rubbish.

-- 
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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