Comments on: The Coleman Internet Resolution: Get an Up-or-Down Vote http://www.bizzyblog.com/2005/10/21/the-coleman-internet-resolution-get-an-up-or-down-vote/ The Business End of the Blogosphere Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:16:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: TBlumer http://www.bizzyblog.com/2005/10/21/the-coleman-internet-resolution-get-an-up-or-down-vote/#comment-2133 TBlumer Sat, 22 Oct 2005 21:48:36 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/?p=692#comment-2133 Amen to that. Cancel his trip. Amen to that. Cancel his trip.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.bizzyblog.com/2005/10/21/the-coleman-internet-resolution-get-an-up-or-down-vote/#comment-2132 Anonymous Sat, 22 Oct 2005 21:40:57 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/?p=692#comment-2132 Re #4: I've just been told elsewhere, by a European, that American free speech/press concerns are "BS". Let's spend the money on hurricane relief. Re #4: I’ve just been told elsewhere, by a European, that American free speech/press concerns are “BS”. Let’s spend the money on hurricane relief.

]]> By: TBlumer http://www.bizzyblog.com/2005/10/21/the-coleman-internet-resolution-get-an-up-or-down-vote/#comment-2128 TBlumer Fri, 21 Oct 2005 21:09:52 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/?p=692#comment-2128 #3, good thoughts. Have the up-or-down and Gross can stay home. #3, good thoughts. Have the up-or-down and Gross can stay home.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.bizzyblog.com/2005/10/21/the-coleman-internet-resolution-get-an-up-or-down-vote/#comment-2127 Anonymous Fri, 21 Oct 2005 19:03:28 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/?p=692#comment-2127 I think that there is a bi-partisan sense that Americans will not (re-)elect a Maoist. So thinking strategically, the question becomes how clear we want to make it that the first amendment is just not negotiable at <a href="http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=13314&var_recherche=WSIS" rel="nofollow">WSIS</a>. If we make it too obvious that Ambassador Gross is just there to smile, nod appreciatively and look concerned, then we might as well tell him to stay home and instead spend money on hurricane relief rather than wasting it on a diplomat's cocktail party in Tunisia. I think that there is a bi-partisan sense that Americans will not (re-)elect a Maoist. So thinking strategically, the question becomes how clear we want to make it that the first amendment is just not negotiable at WSIS. If we make it too obvious that Ambassador Gross is just there to smile, nod appreciatively and look concerned, then we might as well tell him to stay home and instead spend money on hurricane relief rather than wasting it on a diplomat’s cocktail party in Tunisia.

]]> By: TBlumer http://www.bizzyblog.com/2005/10/21/the-coleman-internet-resolution-get-an-up-or-down-vote/#comment-2126 TBlumer Fri, 21 Oct 2005 17:15:28 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/?p=692#comment-2126 #1, I don't know. Which Senator? The point of the up-down vote would be to identify senators, if any, who would give away control of Internet governance, and to force wafflers to think it through and go on the record, a la Kyoto. #1, I don’t know. Which Senator?

The point of the up-down vote would be to identify senators, if any, who would give away control of Internet governance, and to force wafflers to think it through and go on the record, a la Kyoto.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.bizzyblog.com/2005/10/21/the-coleman-internet-resolution-get-an-up-or-down-vote/#comment-2124 Anonymous Fri, 21 Oct 2005 16:17:37 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/?p=692#comment-2124 <p align="left">Which senator wants to give the .tw ccTLD away? </p><p align="left">News from .gov.tw: <a href="http://english.www.gov.tw/UN/index.jsp?categid=126&recordid=52554" rel="nofollow">Taiwan Deserves a Place in the United Nations</a> It is almost unimaginable that there is one country, with a population greater than 140 of these UN member states, which is still barred from joining the United Nations. A democratic country with 23 million people, Taiwan is the world’s 17th largest economy and 15th largest trading nation. </p><p align="left">... </p><p align="left">It is most regrettable that Taiwan’s international status does not yet reasonably reflect its admirable political and economic achievements. At present, not only the United Nations but also its affiliated organizations adopt a discriminatory policy of segregation by shutting out Taiwan.</p> Which senator wants to give the .tw ccTLD away?

News from .gov.tw: Taiwan Deserves a Place in the United Nations
It is almost unimaginable that there is one country, with a population greater than 140 of these UN member states, which is still barred from joining the United Nations. A democratic country with 23 million people, Taiwan is the world’s 17th largest economy and 15th largest trading nation.

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It is most regrettable that Taiwan’s international status does not yet reasonably reflect its admirable political and economic achievements. At present, not only the United Nations but also its affiliated organizations adopt a discriminatory policy of segregation by shutting out Taiwan.

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