Re: [wg-review] Consensus

[Phil King <yofelipe@excite.com>]

This is what gets taken and used down the line to provide us with a
situation in the intenet that is like that of broadcast tv.  The person at
home with a pc (with or without a domain name) having no say as to how the
"mall" he acceses through his isp is run, or what content is available.


On Sat, 30 Dec 2000 01:32:04 -0500, Michael Sondow wrote:

>  Miles Marsh (aka Gene) wrote:
>  
>  > Exclusion of "real end users" in the manner you suggest is not 
>  > necessarily a bad thing, in-and-of itself.  Certain functions of ICANN
> would be inappropriate for comment from those unfamiliar with the 
>  > technical implications.
>  
>  Well, Gene, the ICANN BoD will happy to know that "reformers" like
>  yourself agree with them in denying consumers of Internet services
>  any say in the regulation of this industry. Frankly, I've never
>  heard any more elitist, self-serving, bureaucratic claptrap in my
>  life. I'm taking the liberty of forwarding your comments to some of
>  the international lists I belong to which are discussing the
>  immediate problems of the "digital divide", the suppression of
>  consumer protection, and the elimination of democratic procedure in
>  regulatory agencies. They will be most interested to see what
>  someone in the "opposition" to ICANN thinks.
>  
>  Personally, I think that it is you, the techies, who should be
>  excluded, since you are obviously unfamiliar with the human
>  implications.
>  
>  M.S.


Yo, Felipe (I, Phillip)
Phil King
Butte America
(The Richest Hill On Earth)





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