RE: [ga] Haiti, the Internet and ICANN

["Debbie Garside" <debbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Let he who is without sin cast the first stone!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_detention_camp

Best regards

Debbie 

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> Sent: 30 June 2007 17:25
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> Subject: [ga] Haiti, the Internet and ICANN
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> As a nation state, Haiti has bigger and more pressing issues 
> to address than whether or not they will be included in 
> internet governance; problems like child slavery for 
> instance... there are roughly as many child slaves as there 
> are internet users in Haiti i.e. roughly 6% of the Haitian 
> population (of just over 8 million) or some 500,000 souls all 
> told.  In fact, rather than being seen as a supporter of such 
> an abominable institution as child slavery by including 
> delegations from the current Haitian administration (and 
> actually paying for their trip!), ICANN should suspend 
> activities relating to Haiti's participation in ICANN until 
> said country cleans up its act!  To suppose that a country 
> that sanctions and perpetuates the institution of child 
> slavery is a valuable member of the internet community is 
> ridiculously hypocritical, especially when you consider the 
> reason the .IQ ccTLD has been put "on ice". [see:
> http://forums.hostmysite.com/post-16288.html] Last time I 
> checked, child slavery was an internationally condemned 
> practice and illegal in the United States... Why doesn't 
> ICANN suspend .ht instead of rewarding an administration that 
> has one of the worst human rights records on the planet?
> 
> Sotiris
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