Re: [ga] Governance issues. what the arab world hears when Bush speaks

[Hugh Dierker <hdierker2204@xxxxxxxxx>]

I believe I see your point here.
However let us remember a few things politik first.
The Author and Newspaper refered to here are
notoriously Democrat oriented. Also op ed pieces by
editors, when reporting should be reporting news and
not making it, are quite suspicious.
With that said let us get to the meat of how I think
this is truly relevant to ICANN. An "interim" board
was forced down unknowing and ignorant users at the
time of conception. That is Ok. It takes time. But
that board should never ever ever be given any power
whatsoever to delay, rephrase or amend the set in
stone method of creating a truly representative
governance through democratic elections. They should
simply be interim stewards and held to the standard of
trustee for the stakeholders. If the same "whatever
you - the interim board - want to do attitude is given
to governance in Iraq as it was with ICANN we are in
for one hell of a mess. It is a human frailty to want
to maintain power once it is obtained. If that power
is definite in scope and limited in duration and is
one created through rule of law and not men, then
history has shown that it works. Patience and
Vigilance seem at odds but it is the patiently
vigilant that will win in the long run.
Eric 
--- Ibelimited1@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Dear all, 
> for the purpose of further cultural diversity and
> awareness. And in light  of 
> recent US administration attempt to bully their own
> hand selected Iraqi  
> governing council that has no real sovereignty;
> ponder this as part of the  global 
> Internet governance issues, and those who monopolise
> it, here is the  
> following articles for your information.
> What the Arab world hears when Bush speaks  
>
_http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=4
> 635_ 
>
(http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=4635)
>   
> also,  in order to keep things in perspective and
> those blind people  not 
> accuse many of us who exercise our right to show our
> huge  disagreement with US 
> foreign policy of  anti-American sentiment (although
> I  am an American 
> citizen), here   is this article by Robert  G.
> Kaiser  Who is an associate editor and 
> senior  correspondent at The Washington Post, who
> wrote this excellent article 
>  which the daily star of Lebanon has published with
> the title:
> The applause is fading; it's time to change the Iraq
> script.
>
_http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=4
> 670_ 
>
(http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=4670)
> 
> What has this with Internet governance  issues?
> Sovereignty, transparency, true democratic 
> representation and inclusion, the 
> right for self determination, amongst many  others.
> those of you that still 
> do not get it. I can venture a guess that  not only
> is English your native 
> language but is perhaps your only  spoken language.
> in that case, I rest my case. 
> And I invite you to think deeper  and harder once
> again.  
> Regards,
> Khaled Fattal
> MINC chairman and  CEO
> 



	
		
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