Hi Kim, You are stating correctly that western democracies are different that any countries in terms of technical understanding, stability and a host of other things. I would, however, say that that model is correct and we should encourage other countries to be more like us interm of the Internet. By and large, these countries have come to terms with the west for telephone services, air traffic control, postal mail, ocean shipping and business relationships, all without drastically altering their cultures. History has shown that the kind of problems we face can be worked out, with exceptions, of course. We should treat the bulk of the countries who comply with sensible rules/agreements as the norm and the other, smaller number as exceptions. Leading by example is always better in the long run. And I see the Internet as long term means of human communication. The dead president example you gave is a real problem, but it is unique and should not drive the rest of the world's behavior. I long for a perfect world, but I live here instead. regards, bob On Tue, 6 Oct 2009, Kim Davies wrote:
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 07:47:42 -0700 From: Kim Davies <kim.davies@icann.org> To: Evan Leibovitch <evan@telly.org> Cc: NA Discuss <na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] LACTLD Statement
On 6/10/09 12:24 AM, "Evan Leibovitch" <evan@telly.org> wrote:
I think it is worth noting that so far I have only seen contributions from people in countries in western countries with stable governments, for which these kinds of cases where the government is totally out of sync simply don't happen. I think it would be unfair to claim any consensus denoted by silence is broadly reflective of the Internet users who deal with the kinds of issues we are referencing.