[governance] India's proposal for a 50 member UN committee for Internet Related Policies

[Milton L Mueller]

Agreed,
Also, Parminder's manifesto basically rests its case for governmental/intergovernmental takeover of IG functions on the grounds that we need economic regulation to protect us from "monopolies." I note that neither he nor anyone else pursuing this line has responded to my informed challenge (header: reality check on economics) 
Are these advocates willing to subject their economic populism to rational discourse and scrutiny? 

> -----Original Message-----
> Without getting into the discussion over the merits of the marketing
> campaign for Parminder's proposal, I  have to admit I just do not understand
> how turning over a process that according to the agreed langauge of the
> Tunis Agenda (paras 67-72) should be within IGF's scope to the CSTD or some
> other government dominated body increases democratization.
> 
> In most every possible way I can think of, this appears to be a step backward.
> 
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