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

[Rafik Dammak]

Hi,


> There is a tendency on this list for people who express certain kinds of
> viewpoints to get shouted down. "Off-topic" is one of the complaints
> that can be used for that purpose. This kind of social process is part
> of what has created such an often-hostile environment on this list that
> many people are very reluctant or even afraid of posting anything on
> this list. I say this on the basis of having tried, during the Bali
> IGF, to speak in person with as many as I could of the IGC's “silent
> majority”.


> The IGC charter puts enforcing the posting rules firmly and squarely
> into the hands of the elected coordinators, and when some other members
> of the list try to take things into their own hands by posting
> complaints about certain postings being off-topic, that kind of action
> is IMO itself a clear violation of the posting rules. (On the other
> hand, I'd say that discussing the posting rules, their interpretation,
> or proposals to change them, is within the range of allowed topics
> for this list... although not necessarily a very fruitful activity.)
>

but you are not coordinator anymore to make any decision, you are now among
other mortals like us :). Ironically  are not you describing above what you
are doing exactly here and "taking things in your own hands"?

Rafik
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