[governance] The greatest threat in the world today to peace....

[McTim]

On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 9:45 PM, Guru गुरु <Guru at itforchange.net> wrote:

> On 02/07/2014 12:17 AM, Avri Doria wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Yeah, but we are supposed to be allowing the new CoCos to settle in with
>> a bit of peace on IGC. I recommend just letting it pass this time.
>>
>>
> Avri,
>
> Do you agree with McTim that my posting was off-topic?
>
>
>  People say why they have to say.
>>
>>
> The dominant role of USG in Internet and its extraordinary surveillance
> (as Snowden revelations indicate) is an important reason why USG acts with
> such impunity.


Don't conflate the two.




> Think of it as a card game where one player knows the cards of all other
> players. USG uses its illegally collected information to further its
> political and economic goals and commit crimes against humanity of an
> unprecedented order. For eg the illegal drone strikes that kill civilians
> can only work with such tapped intelligence
>
> To reduce USG criminal activities/potential, we need to seriously address
> the current IGC structures/processes in which it has a dominant role.



Are you suggesting that the US has a dominant role in this Caucus, and that
removing this dominance will reduce drone strikes and mass surveillance?




> And IGC as an important CS space has to take this up seriously. And
> stopping even the mention/raising of such important matters is simply an
> attempt at intimidation, and this behavior is a pattern. While it will not
> affect me, such intimidation can have a chilling affect on participation of
> others and I think the co-cos should warn McTim to desist from such
> behaviour.



If a survey of World Peace  is on-topic, then I'd like to talk about the
high price of fish in my local market as an IG issue.  If you suggest to me
that cost of fish is off-topic, is that censorship?


-- 
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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