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

[Rafik Dammak]

>
>
> > > 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
> > 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"?
>
> I saw myself as participating in a discussion on the interpretation of
> the posting rules, and not as complaining about any specific postings. A
> fine line to be sure,


a fine line needs caution and avoiding taking position against another
member . some want to have focused discussion and maybe think that some
subjects are off-topics. for example, you did that when you  chose to
create another mailing list to discuss on specific topic.

and it may not matter in your eyes, and I don't
> know whether it matters in the eyes of the current coordinators. (I had
> refrained from responding to any of the postings that I saw as
> inappropriate, but replied when Avri posted that in her view, the IGC
> does not have established criteria regarding what is on-topic or not.)
>

for sure you cannot know what matters in my eyes :)
no hard feelings here, but I would really like that you take time to think
about it again with more self-criticism.

Best,

*Rafik*

ps regarding robustness of governance mechanism, what do you think of Swiss
model , which many see as the closest to direct democracy, led to citizens
voting for controversial proposal against foreigners from EU?
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