[governance] "US Exceptionalism" (was Re: Bloomberg - The Overzealous Prosecution...)

[McTim]

HI Norbert, (and Congratulations on your election)

On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:
> John Curran wrote:
>> On Jan 19, 2013, at 6:18 AM, Riaz K Tayob <riaz.tayob at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>   [The Panglossian world of US Exceptionalism.... of course these
>> matters are discussed and debated, but dare to do anything about it
>> and then those will be put in their place, or no?]
>>
>> A very good question; I personally don't subscribe to a view of US
>> Exceptionalism
>> (that's likely because I've travelled a bit and can more readily
>> make comparisons),
>
> [With IGC Coordinator hat on]
>
> The "US exceptionalism" discussion is one that has been going around
> in circles on this list for a while. At the same time I would suggest
> that it is an important issue in the sense that it is deeply linked to
> concerns and fears that hinder progress on many substantive topics of
> Internet governance. I propose that in order to start making a bit more
> progress towards a common understanding, it will be helpful to discuss
> what is a reasonable set of complementary categories.
>
> For example, we might attempt to use the following two categories of
> viewpoints:
>
> "demand of equality among governments in information society governance"
> - the view that all national governments should have same kind of roles
>   or not in Internet governance and global information society
>   governance in general.
>
> "acceptance of US exceptionalism in information society governance"
> - the view that it is acceptable for the US government to have some
>   special role(s) or power(s) in Internet governance and global
>   information society governance in general.
>
> Is this a reasonable categorization of viewpoints?
>
> Or would it bring more clarity to introduce three or more complementary
> categories?
>
> Does someone here have an opinion that fits neither of the two
> categories proposed above?

Well I (and I think MM and perhaps others) would like to see the
"denationalisation" of IG.


-- 
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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