[governance] Fwd: And Now the Second Battle of the Internet

Suresh Ramasubramanian suresh at hserus.net
Fri Jun 14 21:47:54 EDT 2013


Thanks for that comment but our mutual friend has self identified himself 
using that term in numerous emails sent to this list

--srs (htc one x)



On 14 June 2013 9:35:18 PM "michael gurstein" <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:
> Whatever the source, this kind of personalized attack/characterization
> should not be allowed on this (or any) list.  It only serves to belittle and
> intimidate and stifles free discussion and debate which should be the
> objective of our activities here.
> We should be dealing with ideas and arguments and not who or how to describe
> individuals neither by their beliefs nor more than by their physical or
> other characteristics.
>
> Would the coordinators please intervene to remove this type of behaviour
> from the list.  We can and in the past have had spirited dispute and
> discussion without resorting to this type of activity.
>
> (And if any of my interventions in the past could be interpreted as having
> had the character of the above I retrospectively apologize and will most
> certainly endeavour to not to do so in the future.
>
> M
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org
> [mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] On Behalf Of Carlos A. Afonso
> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 11:46 AM
> To: McTim
> Cc: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; Diego Rafael Canabarro
> Subject: Re: [governance] Fwd: And Now the Second Battle of the Internet
>
> Ah, logic...
>
> OK, McTim, Diego is trying to understand the concept Suresh employs to
> characterize someone among us, not to discover whether we have one among
> ourselves... :)
>
> --c.a.
>
> On 06/14/2013 11:42 AM, McTim wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Diego Rafael Canabarro 
> <diegocanabarro at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> That concept is so fuzzy (and demeaning) that one might also include 
> former President of Brazil, Fernando Henrique Cardoso. The thirdworldist 
> intellectual who conducted the telecom privatization in
> Brazil.
> >
> > What suresh actually said was "our resident eminent thirdworldist"
> >
> > meaning on this list.
> >
>
>
>



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