[governance] [bestbits] Nominations for IGF closing and opening speakers

[Nick Ashton-Hart]

For what its worth, in some places, I, too don’t think balance is the idea.

For instance, starting from the position that in privacy ‘balance’ is the objective means that there’s a finite amount of privacy to go around and it has to get parceled out amongst competing priorities. That’s a zero-sum outlook - why would that be a desirable starting place? Surely what is wanted is a win-win - solutions which are more than the sum of their parts.

Just an example, but top of mind for me when I hear about ‘balance’.

> On 29 Oct 2015, at 16:29, Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> There are balanced positions.  And then there are principled stands - which can still be expressed civilly - and as long as they stick to a consistent set of facts, they are to be respected.
> 
> I wasn’t referring to you at all when I said that part about burning bridges.  However, appeals to balance that I made were those that tend to what I mentioned above.
> 
> I hope I make myself clear - I am not disagreeing with you here.
> 
>> On 29-Oct-2015, at 8:48 PM, Seth Johnson <seth.p.johnson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> This kind of characterization of what I actually said doesn't help either.  :-)
>> 
>> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
>> <suresh at hserus.net> wrote:
>>> Painting ourselves as extremists does our cause a disservice.  And burns bridges with other stakeholder groups that various people try hard to build and maintain.
>>> 
>>>> On 29-Oct-2015, at 8:24 PM, Seth Johnson <seth.p.johnson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I generally avoid appeals to "balance" in the international arena.
>>>> Get some actual fundamental rights first; then balance might be a real
>>>> discussion.
> 
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