[governance] democratic processes (was Re: Internet as a commons/ public good)

[Riaz K Tayob]

Leaving aside some of the other issues,

On 2013/05/07 02:21 AM, Norbert Bollow wrote:
> Of course I agree that any and all barriers to the participation of
> people who would otherwise be interested are serious problems,
> especially when there are barriers that have a systemic discriminatory
> effect.
One needs to be careful about the single vision, that participation or 
inclusion is always good. The issue must be qualitative - sometimes 
exclusion is a kinder option! This is not to say that it is idiotic 
(classical definition> one who does not participate in the democratic 
process), but that in and of itself non-participation is a political act.

Riaz

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