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

[michael gurstein]

+1 

(and only to add... "hard" but necessary...

M

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From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] On Behalf Of Kerry Brown
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2013 8:10 AM
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Subject: RE: [governance] "US Exceptionalism" (was Re: Bloomberg - The Overzealous Prosecution...)

> > - 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.
> >

For me it is not US exceptionalism. It is something more nuanced. As a Canadian I would like to see less control by the US. As a citizen of, for lack of a better term, a "western democracy" I would not like to see what I think of as "repressive regimes" get more control. It is a dichotomy I am unable to resolve in my own mind which makes it very hard to debate usefully. I think many people have the same internal struggle.

Kerry Brown


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