[At-Large] GNSO trying to shut down General Assembly Re: [ga] Attacks on participants of GA

[Joe Baptista]

There's a good discussion going on the GA. The GNSO is trying to shut us
down. So what else is new :)

The GA is the last bastion of ICANN democracy. It was the birthplace of all
the original elected directors that represented all internet users.

cheers
joe baptista

On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 2:23 AM, Hugh Dierker <hdierker2204 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Avri, Chuck, George, Kent and Danny,
>
> Your recent attacks on the charactar of the individuals who participate in
> the GA is not appropriate. You have all been in positions where you could
> have helped form the necessary systems and tools asked for by the GA.  You
> all chose to do nothing.  Now you criticize and belittle those who have
> participated.  Try this on for thought;
>
>
> Pharaoh – Hebrews – Moses, SA – Blacks – Mandela, US - Slaves – Lincoln,
>
> Mexico – Natives – Juarez, Papal Nuncio – servitude – Luther, French
> Indochina – colonialism – Ho Chi Minh, Poland – dictatorship – Walensa, US –
> Native Americans – Means.
>
>
>
> Not popular causes. Not popular leaders. Denounced. Rejected. Slandered.
> Maligned.
>
>
>
> Governance apparatus that recognized rights.  Spoke in platitudes.  Denied
> the unrepresented the tools to self organize. Placed restrictions on the
> right to vote and participate. Required pedigrees and ownership in order to
> vote.  Considered one man less than another because of social status. Used
> necessity as a justification.  Degraded the intellectualism of the
> opposition.  Banned and prohibited speech.
>
>
>
> I am not saying the cause here is as just or as important.  I certainly do
> not suggest that the actors are as great. But I do say that the technique of
> social stigmata and political personal assassinations is the same.  That
> the legalism as an excuse is the same.  That hiding behind failure to act
> is the same.  That intentionally denying access to voting is exactly the
> same.  Refusal of those in power to give way to democratic principals are
> the same.  That the attack on freedom of speech is the same.  That the
> denial and responsibility shifting is the same.  NGOs and Government
> together assault the speakers.
>
>
>
> I am just saying ……..
>
>
>


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