<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">The mealy-mouthed opposition to Ukraine’s request to block .RU has exercised me so much that I called up Keith Teare to complain. Keith is a one-time candidate for ICANN CEO, a former board member of Minds + Machines, founder of Real Names and other companies, and a very smart guy with a good grasp of history and the internet. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Keith doesn’t really agree with my position, so he suggested that we record a conversation and talk it out. To me, it turned out well (pardon my video quality. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For those who’d like to hear a thorough discussion of the issue, here it is:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXZd6rtDHsA" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXZd6rtDHsA</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Summary — all the reasons put forward as to why ICANN can’t do anything — we go through them all — are bullshit.</div></body></html>