[governance] A lot of people here will likely disagree

[Deirdre Williams]

Dear Suresh and Everyone,
I've been wondering about Suresh's subject line. Of course it's the truth.
A lot of us do disagree, which is surely the raison d'etre for the IGC.
I have an appeal to make.
Each person writing to this list - please, before you press send, read what
you have written and ask yourself whether, if you received such a ,message,
you would be hurt or offended. If the answer is yes then please try to edit
what you have written for the list. If your intention was to hurt and
offend then send that message directly to its intended recipient.
And when you read the messages - try not to assume that hurt and offense
were the writer's intention. Some years ago I told my husband not to be
"daft" in circumstances in which for me it was a "hug word" - a word to
comfort and give support. He didn't speak to me for what felt like 3
months. The word has different connotations in his culture. Anger about
something else is good at blinding one to everything.
This list is supposed to be about discussing issues, not providing a space
for the clash of personalities.
Suresh suggests that "Engaging in debate would be useful". I wholeheartedly
agree with him. And to be really useful the debate must be as inclusive as
possible. Civil society is not only "those people who share my
perspective". Civil society is all of us. To be effective it needs to be
united and therefore all of those very difficult issues about which we may
hold very contradictory views need to be patiently discussed and negotiated
until we can reach some sort of "civil society" position.
It is very much in the interest of some parties in this global debate that
civil society should be divided and ruled.
We have the power to stop this, but it will need self-discipline and
patience.
Deirdre

On 5 October 2015 at 22:46, Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net>
wrote:

> But it's interesting to see an articulate voice advocate "the other side"
> and call out some of the commentary on this issue as  ill informed and
> politically aimed rhetoric
>
> Engaging in debate would be useful so the author of this piece can get a
> more informed : balanced and less politically driven perspective of
> neutrality
>
>
> http://m.hindustantimes.com/columns/net-neutrality-war-is-not-just-facebook-versus-internet-mullahs/story-s9eZpZnomaaiz4De8fYfaK.html
>
> --srs
>
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