[governance] Twitter officially shutdown to Internet users in Pakistan

[parminder]

, Bill, I too missed what exactly you are pointing to...

However, since you are parodying the statement issued by IT for Change 
and others (and supported by  66 organisations and 117 other 
individuals), apropos Michael's email, I must  direct your attention to 
the fact that the statement seeks such a global Internet body to act 
primarily on the basis of human rights.

Incidentally, even India's CIRP proposal, among its 7 listed functions 
has the following function: promotion and protection of all human 
rights, namely, civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights, 
including the Right to Development;

We all do know that governments do all kinds of things, do we therefore 
then refuse to agree to constitute them at all, and certainly refuse to 
vote.... Do you take and practise such an anarchic view with respect to 
your own national politics. If not, why so? One can easily construct 
many such parodies vis a vis the US government,and what it implies to 
vote in any government at all for governing the US.

Why do such anarchic dispositions rise up only when global politics is 
concerned. Is it a fear by the rich parts of the world of having to 
share the undue benefits and advantages that they may be sitting on?

Parminder



On Sunday 20 May 2012 08:33 PM, michael gurstein wrote:
> Quite honestly Bill, the actual meaning/logic of your (I think meant to be)
> ironic comment escapes me (I read it four times and it still escapes me...
>
> (and by my reckoning had either or both of Iran and Pakistan signed on to
> some global treaty about Internet Rights/rights on the Internet (or
> something similar) it would I'm assuming, be even a wee bit more difficult
> for the respectie governments to act in this high-handed way by for example,
> giving those internally in opposition an international agreement to point
> to/argue for before the courts; and also give those externally who disagree
> with those actions some specific context for them to exercise their
> disagreement; or have I missed something here.
>
> M
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org
> [mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] On Behalf Of William Drake
> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 7:39 AM
> To:governance at lists.igcaucus.org
> Subject: Re: [governance] Twitter officially shutdown to Internet users in
> Pakistan
>
>
> On May 20, 2012, at 3:30 PM, Fouad Bajwa wrote:
>
>    
>> Twitter officially shutdown in Pakistan - Twitter Banned in Pakistan
>> http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/2012/05/twitter-officially-shu
>> tdown-in-pakistan.html
>>      
> If only "the oversight of the Internet's critical technical and logical
> infrastructure" could be "transferred to an appropriate, democratic and
> participative multilateral body" so that Pakistan would not be forced to
> take unilateral action merely to shut out this evil monopolist that, with
> three other sites, controls "much of what is considered to be the Internet
> today by most people today".
>
>
> On May 13, 2012, at 12:25 AM, michael gurstein wrote:
>
>    
>>> "The telecommunications minister has ordered the use of domain names
>>> ending with .ir" belonging to Iran, Asr Ertebatat reported.
>>>
>>> The order prohibits banks, insurance firms and telephone firms using
>>> foreign hosts for their sites or to inform their clients using foreign
>>> providers such as Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail or MSN, it said.
>>>        
> If only "the oversight of the Internet's critical technical and logical
> infrastructure" could be "transferred to an appropriate, democratic and
> participative multilateral body" so that Iran would not be forced to take
> unilateral action merely to shut out these evil monopolists...
>
> We demand it!
>
>
>
>    
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