[governance] Civil Society (was Re: caucus contribution, consultation and MAG meeting)

[Roland Perry]

In message <511F48D6.3050506 at itforchange.net>, at 14:22:38 on Sat, 16 
Feb 2013, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> writes
>> And that sounds like it includes my recent activity, which has been 
>>working with interest-based charities, volunteers etc who have a focus 
>>on one particular aspect of social justice, human rights and the rule 
>>of law: Prevention of violence against women - in particular those who 
>>are tracked and harassed via their Internet footprint (commonly on 
>>social networking sites).
>>
>> However, I'm also aware that in order to achieve the goal of 
>>protecting women, some people might characterise the techniques 
>>involved as forms of selective censorship and attempts to strip away 
>>anonymity (in both cases with respect to their attackers).
>>
>> So not every part of Civil Society necessarily has the same view on 
>>core issues such as these.
>
>No, congruity of views in not the test. Working for public interest is. 
>Although there can be different and contested notions of public 
>interest - and that space of contestation, negotiation and possible 
>resolution/ harmonisation is called politics

Unfortunately we don't always have "joined-up politics", so while there 
might be [there is] a political consensus to introduce a law in the UK 
to combat stalking (of which cyber-stalking is the fastest growing), 
nothing has been done to telecoms law to make it easier to gather 
evidence, especially cross-border.

So some opposing views (within civil society, because both stalker and 
stalked are ordinary citizens and therefore members of civil society) 
have not yet been resolved.
-- 
Roland Perry

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