On 22 July 1999, Ellen Rony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>My nomination for the best soundbyte of today's Congressional Hearing on
>"Domain Name System Privatization: Is ICANN Out of Control?"
>
>"Consensus is a lot like pornography. You know it when you see it."
>
> (Sorry, I don't have attribution).
>
>Is there consensus on this view?
That's ridiculous. Consensus is measurable. As such, it *should*
be measured. To do otherwise is to invite those with the loudest
voices to decide what issues have consensus.
Furthermore, without measured consensus, you lose accountability.
What may be 'obvious consensus' to some is split opinion to others.
Unless there's some way to tally who agrees with what, today's
consensus becomes history's hand-waving.
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Mark C. Langston Let your voice be heard:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.idno.org
Systems Admin http://www.icann.org
San Jose, CA http://www.dnso.org
