Re: [ga] Interesting Times
Hugh Dierker wrote: <snip> So now I must pose the question to all those screaming for at large representation on the BoD of ICANN. When you are not even one of the individual users why do you think it is important they have a voice? And secondly I ask one of these proclaimers of need, say Jeff, Karl, Danny, Richard, Michael or Sotiris to name a single person that could be elected by an at large that would be a dotcommoner none IT professional? Franchise is by nature exclusive, I'm afraid. Any fledgling student of the political arts could tell you that... dang, just turn on your idiot box and take a gander at Arnie, your governor (and future president?) in telebabble land. Even in the blessed United States, there are qualifications to voting privileges... and to becoming President, at least as of this writing... What makes you think ICANN or the Internet ought to be any different? You know, for an American, I descry a curiously great deal of socialist-borderline-Marxist ideas in your ramblings... I suppose if you were on board a cruise ship long enough, you'd want to have the passengers take charge of the vessel and make you captain. But let me ask you this: What the hell do you know about being a captain of a cruise ship? Do you honestly believe that because you were a fan of Captain Stubing and the rest of the Love Boat crew, that this qualifies you (or any other passenger) to commandeer an ocean liner? SS -- This email includes a valid digital signature which positively distinguishes the sender and serves to ensure that the message has not been altered since it was sent. For more information on having your identity validated for use in your own Personal Certificate visit the THAWTE Web of Trust (WOT): https://www.thawte.com/wot/index.html This e-mail may be privileged and/or confidential, and the sender does not waive any related rights and obligations. Any distribution, use or copying of this e-mail or the information it contains by other than an intended recipient is unauthorized. If you received this e-mail in error, please advise me (by return e-mail or otherwise) immediately. begin:vcard fn:Sotiris Sotiropoulos n:Sotiropoulos;Sotiris email;internet:sotiris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx tel;work:416.422.1034 x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard Attachment:
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