[governance]http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/27/net-us-un-internet-idUSBRE8AQ06320121127

[michael gurstein]

True, but you have to start somewhere and the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights has a rather broader base of global legitimacy than do campaigns
around "Internet Freedom".

M

-----Original Message-----
From: McTim [mailto:dogwallah at gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 12:02 PM
To: michael gurstein
Cc: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; Suresh Ramasubramanian; Dr. Alejandro
Pisanty Baruch
Subject: Re: [governance]
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/27/net-us-un-internet-idUSBRE8AQ06320
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On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 2:52 PM, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> (And just to say I do believe that in something like the UDHR we have 
> a bedrock of shared values (and ways of identifying clearly aberrant
> behaviour) on which the normative framework necessary for building the 
> decision making framework(s) can (and should) be built.)


Given the rampant daily floutings of the UDHR by governments around the
world (Syria yesterday, India arresting people for "liking" on FB the day
before, etc, do you really think that the UDHR is a "bedrock".

I wish it was, but i don't see that it is presently!

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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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