Tuesday, July 27, 1999, 8:51:37 AM, Dave Crocker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 12:56 AM 7/27/99 , Joop Teernstra wrote: >>the Association. Protection of the early organization against those who are >>determined to make it fail its mission is an unenviable part of a >>bootstrapping process. > And in this one statement, we are told the core of the problem with IDNO, > both its history and its present. The mailing list's archives will nicely > document an aggressive effort to suppress contributions that do not fall > within a very narrow band of acceptability. This is not a matter of > rejecting uncivil discourse, but of rejecting alternative views. > That is not a one-person problem, fixed by having that one person step away > from holding future office. The problem persists through new > office-holders and highly biased treatment of applicants. > The group has shown a strong and persistent desire to express highly > negative sentiments about other groups, notably the ICANN board and ISOC, > initially to the detriment of efforts at organizing the IDNO > itself. Response to efforts at focusing the group on its goal of > self-organizing were met with very forceful hounding, making quite explicit > that the group is NOT really open to all. I note that Dave decries that the IDNO asks for adherence to support for the IDNO principle, but then states that since the IDNO is not expressing a pro-ICANN attitude, it should be excluded. So some sort of "loyalty" to ICANN is required. Its ok for ICANN, but not OK for the IDNO? The suit of hypocrisy fits you well, Dave. Did you have it dry cleaned? -- William X. Walsh General Manager, DSo Internet Services Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax:(209) 671-7934 The Law is not your mommy or daddy to go crying to every time you have something to whimper about.
