Joe and all,
Good point here Joe, and quite sisinctly stated. We all know that
there has been much discussion on this point in the past. It may be that
further discussion on this PROCESS point is something that the ICANN
and the DNSO doesn't want to occur. If so, that seems rather odd
and it is difficult to resolve in respect to the White Paper and the MoU.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Joop Teernstra wrote:
>
> > At 02:55 PM 10/11/1999 -0500, Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law wrote:
> > >Liability for reposting a comment as moderator that violates some national
> > >law.
> > >
> > The proposed civil discourse rules for the IDNO (www.idno.org/discuss.htm)
> > return the responsibility for moderation enforcement to the majority of the
> > list voters. (the principle of ostracism)
> > With a web based Polling Booth (www.idno.org/vote1) this becomes possible.
>
> it's a reat idea joop - but there's a little snag. To provide a voting
> booth is the slipper edge of the wedge. Once you give people a means of
> mattering - control is lost and transferred to the masses.
>
> > The result of having no rules or no enforcement is that the uncivil can
> > drive out the civil on a list.
> > This is also a form of censorship, even if it may not be readily recognized
> > as such.
>
> thank you joop - correct
Regards,
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