[governance] Why we are boycotting the IGF (by Yaman Akdeniz and Kerem Altiparmak)

[Sivasubramanian M]

+1 Barry.

Sivasubramanian M <https://www.facebook.com/sivasubramanian.muthusamy>



On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 4:14 AM, Barry Shein <bzs at world.std.com> wrote:

>
> From: Chinmayi Arun <chinmayiarun at gmail.com>
> >I just ran into this piece
> ><
> http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2014/08/boycotting-internet-governance-forum/
> >
> >by Yaman Akdeniz and Kerem Altiparmak. Civil society folks who will be at
> >the IGF this year may find it interesting- it flags significant
> > internet-related concerns in Turkey.
>
> Although I certainly understand the utility of making a statement vis
> a vis such a boycott I have a different view.
>
> Personally I'd encourage an IGF in Pyongyang and everyone attend it.
>
> To boycott such an event is, other than the hope someone might notice
> the press releases, nearly indistinguishable from being forbidden from
> attending.
>
> Silence is silence.
>
> I suppose if a boycott mounted to the point that it crippled or even
> cancelled the meeting that might attract some more attention to the
> underlying issue at least among the I* community. It hasn't gone
> unnoticed.
>
> But to my mind better to bring everyone together in the clear light of
> day and confront these issues than to hope that one's non-appearance
> will effect a statement.
>
> Notice, for example, some of the state pariahs who are welcomed to the
> United Nations and even given a podium.
>
> It's not that I have a polyanna-ish hope in dialogue so much as a
> pessimistic view of non-dialogue.
>
> --
>         -Barry Shein
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