There are similar numbers not having such recourse against their respective governments, but we are not dealing with Nation-States, we are dealing with a corporation.. Notwithstanding that its acts or omissions may affect Billions. We need to get this workable and inject some reality into this debate instead of tossing nonsense around. el -- Sent from Dr Lisse's iPad mini
On 19 Sep 2015, at 17:51, Malcolm Hutty <malcolm@linx.net> wrote:
On 2015-09-19 16:35, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote: Do you really want to give 300 Million domain name holders each an individual recourse.
The population of the European Union is 508 million. The population of the USA is 321 million.
Every citizen of these lands has a right to an "individual recourse" against their government (if it acts unconstitutionally), or against the perpetrator of any wrongful action that harms their legally protected rights.
We shouldn't be intimidated by big numbers.
Why should ICANN be immunised from the consequences of its actions? Nobody else is.
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