Hi Evan, I am personally offended by Mueller's attacks on Beau and Cheryl, although not surprised. I also would caution against trying to censor information just because one does not it or the source. Mueller may have gone overboard with his statements, but he is still someone other people respect and like. He is not simply a "tinfoil-hat" guy, that should be dismissed. It is better to know what one is dealing with than not. "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer," Sun Tzu, Art of War. His hidden objective is to divide, don't let him. His open objective is destroy ICANN, don't help him. And yes, there are more important things to do. --bob On Wed, 23 Sep 2009, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:39:28 -0400 From: Evan Leibovitch <evan@telly.org> To: Danny Younger <dannyyounger@yahoo.com> Cc: NA Discuss <na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Milton Mueller blasts the proposed Consumer Constituency
Danny Younger wrote:
http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2009/9/22/4329523.html
Yes, Danny, by all means let's repeat an article so full of invective, inaccuracies and tinfoil-hat conspiracy theories that it has the potential to poison the relationship between ALAC and NCUC for quite a long time.
Allow me to remind this list that, at our last regular NARALO meeting last week, we achieved a consensus to actively oppose the NCUC request to stall new constituencies. I recall zero dissent in achieving that consensus. I also do not recall any pressure from Cheryl or Beau to do this.
I am personally disgusted by the devolution of the NCUC complaint into petty, nasty attacks on Beau and Cheryl. I am distressed by go-for-broke tactics that appear to have dispensed with any pretence of rational debate, resorting to personalizing and vilifying the supporters of what is, at its core, simply a strong difference in approach.
Ironically, I see the diatribe having the opposite effect of what was intended. A casual reader -- let's say an ICANN Board member -- could easily infer that, given the political tactics demonstrated in Milton's letter, that NCUC is not competent to fully represent the public interest within GNSO. Such sentiment, in the appropriate hands, could easily accelerate the move to dilute NCUC's position by welcoming new constituencies and the staff charter.
I will not be contributing any further to this thread, and I urge NARALO to avoid giving this issue a life of its own. We have too many other issues which are far worthier of our time.
- Evan