RE: Let the games begin

[Jim Browning <jfbb@atmnet.net>]

>From:  Bob Allisat[SMTP:tor@wtv.net]
>Sent:  Monday, November 18, 1996 4:21 PM
>
> As it now stands a US backed committee
> (IAHC) is attempting to determine what
> is the appropriate course of action for
> the whole darned planet. Highly dangerous
> legally speaking and very unsatisfactory.

Bob, can we dispense with the repeated legal threats?  They are highly 
counter-productive in an open forum, and rarely have the desired effect 
when used in a business environment.  Are you deliberately attempting to 
stifle productive discussion by making people wary of their own shadow? 
 The IAHC has legal counsel to provide advice on liability.  I'm sure I 
speak for many when I ask you to please give the litigation references  a 
rest...

And by the way, 40% of IAHC membership is from outside the US.  While this 
60% US involvement may not be ideal, it is not out of line with most 
measures of worldwide Internet participation I have seen.  In fact the 
Asian Wall Street Journal (quoting the ITU and ISOC as sources) recently 
showed the US as having about 67% of all "Internet users".  And no, I have 
no idea how the data was derived, but heck, when a statistic supports your 
argument....
--
Jim Browning