[governance] U.S. - Japan Policy Cooperation Dialogue on the Internet Economy

[Paul Lehto]

On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Dr. Alejandro Pisanty Baruch <
apisan at unam.mx> wrote:

> 3. The opposition you find for CIRP is NOT against democratizing anything.
> It is against the proposal from people who think it does the opposite.
>

Virtually nobody is expressly against democratization because it is
political suicide, and many who are uncomfortable with democratization
nevertheless claim its mantle, in addition to those truly for
democratization.

As a consequence, one always has to think for themselves and not rely on
labels and conclusory statements about whether a proposal furthers the
cause of democracy or not.

In the process of "thinking for one's self" it doesn't mean that
everybody's opinion is necessarily equally valid because there are
definitions, tests and standards that can be applied, like asking whether
or not the proposal allows those who would be governed to vote on who their
governors will be, or not.  There are others.

Paul R. Lehto, J.D.

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