On 21 May 2013, at 08:32, Hong Xue wrote:
[Hong] ICANN's claim for "unilateral" right to amend the RA and our colleague's recent paper calling for embracing inner regulator all show that ICANN is kind of suffering from Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD). Does ICANN has any other "legal means", except contractual relation, to rein the other stakeholders? But a contract is supposed concluded between two equal parties. Once ICANN exercise its "regulatory power" in name of implementation or whatever else, it becomes more equal than the other parties. It seems that ICANN needs to choose which way to pursue further--contractual party or regulator? ICANN would face more conflicts and disputes by playing the dual roles simultaneously.
i think that this may contain the crux of the matter. avri