Re: [IFWP] ICANN's Bylaws and WIPO Report

[Kent Crispin]

On Thu, May 13, 1999 at 10:49:50PM -0700, Patrick Greenwell wrote:
> On Thu, 13 May 1999, Kent Crispin wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, May 13, 1999 at 06:32:31PM -0700, Patrick Greenwell wrote:
> > > 
> > > Legislators know how to put laws on the books. They have little experience
> > > in taking them off.
> > 
> > We are not talking about legislators.  This is not a government.
> 
> Sadly Kent, you are mistaken. The sooner that misconception is put to
> rest, the better. 

Let's see -- 
Governments have standing armies.  Does ICANN?
Governments can put you in jail.  Can ICANN?
Governments can have you executed.  Can ICANN?

The usual definition of a government is an entity that has a 
monopoly on force.  Does ICANN?

A few regulatory functions, enforced through contracts, does not 
make a government, Patrick.

-- 
Kent Crispin                               "Do good, and you'll be
[EMAIL PROTECTED]                           lonesome." -- Mark Twain