[governance] Re: [discuss] Comcast undertakes 9 year IETF cosponsorship!?

[McTim]

<I see we have added 1net back in the cc list, now trimmed once again
to avoid poisoning that well>

On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 11:39 PM, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:
>
> On Sunday 23 March 2014 07:58 PM, McTim wrote:
>
> On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 5:26 AM, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net>
> wrote:
>
> Alejandro
>
> It is difficult for me to discuss this issue with you when you so seamlessly
> conflate 'public' with undemocratic governments.
>
> I do not see that pointing out that many gov's may not be entirely
> "democratic" is conflation as you suggest.
>
>
> My email talked 'only' about public funding of governance functions...
> Alejandro's response to that email, while beginning with a sense of
> amazement, speaks 'only' of undemocratic nature of governments

no it doesn't, this is your misinterpretation of what he said...

His main point was that MSism empowers CS, and it is sub-optimal for us to
insist that governments take policy making ability away from us.

At least, that is what i got out of his mail.

 and civil
> society's problems with them in this regard... For convenience I cut paste
> below my original email in entirely, and relevant parts of Alejandro's
> response.

only the parts relevant to your narrative you mean.



>To me, it is clear that 'public' of public funding has simply been
> conflated with supposed undemocratic-ness of governments. parminder
>
>


That is not at all clear to me.



-- 
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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