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Re: Dispute resolution



> 
> > 
> > I'm not so sure that it isn't. For rights, one generally takes on some
> > responsibilities. The 'right' to drive a car means you must abide by the
> > rules. The 'right' to fly on a plane entails other responsibilities
> > (the 'right' to smoke comes to mind). Even just being in a public park
> > entails responsibilities. You cannot (at least in most places I know of)
> > just do as you please in a public park. Some things will *definitely*
> > get you arrested (assuming the law is there at the time).
> 
> Yes, but the people who made the rules took  a simple mandate and 
> wrote a document which would make the old Soviet bureaucracy jealous. 

I believe that they have made this document available for public
scrutiny/comment/approval? This means that you have a chance to
change things?

> You were supposed to do the following: write a procedure whereby anyone 

Goodness gracious me! I was supposed to do something? Why didn't someone
tell me!

Please think a bit more before arbitarily saying things like that.

<SNIP>

>     you were NOT allowed to force this shared registry crap on us

Me..... did no such thing.
I don't believe it has yet been forced on you yet either.

<SNIP>

> Your document is an example of a bunch of people taking a simple mandate
> and going power-mad with it, trying to control and constrain trade as much
> as possible. There are people from outside of the US on the IAHC and it
> shows - This document has a "french" flavour to it. 

You are being very Nationalistic here ..... again, it's not my document
If only US people were on this committee, I would be *very* disappointed.

> In Europe, the people are "enslaved" by governments which have fostered
> in their culture the notion that "we know best" and "the state over 
> individual sovreignty", etc. In America, we have (in spite of Bill
> Clinton's attempts) recognized that God meant PEOPLE, INDIVIDUALS to 
> be the sovreigns and that the government was the slave to the people.

Are you now are insisting that I follow your political views..... hmmmm

<SNIP>

> In the case of the gTLD issue: the ONLY ISSUES that needed to be dealt with
> were:
>       1> Make sure that the gTLD operator has at least two name servers
>          and robust connectivity.
>       2> Define the roles of the keeper of the root zone file and root
>          name server operators and figure out how much $$$ they need
>       3> Devise a scheme to collect fees to support management of 
>          the "." zone and root name servers and a way to ensure accountability
>          of these funds (annual public audit reports, etc). 
> 
> That was your mandate. You failed and instead turned out a document which 
> restrains trade and imposes a HUGE set of rules, 99% of which are nonsense.
> 
> Let me remind you non-Americans that it was FREE UNRESTRAINED ENTERPRISE
> which rebuilt your sorry little asses in Japan and Germany after we 
> KICKED YOUR ASS in WW-2. We didn't have to do it, but we were being nice.
> Without the US support, the Palestinian flag would have been flying over
> Jerusalem (all of it) and Tel Aviv, etc and the notion of a Jewish Nation
> would be a pipe dream even today. Instead, we in the "capitalist" USA
> helped you with guns and butter so that you could fend off the forces
> against you. 

I am neither Japanese nor German.
I also reject the notion that I am or was involved in the Palestinian
confrontation.

> Do not forget what forces allowed the world to prosper: Freedom, Democracy
> Unrestrained Trade, Free Enterprise, etc. If we had a government which 
> churned out documents like the "draft of Dec 19", the entire world would
> be a nastier place.

You forget that *rules* are important. Rules are good. They allow complex
trade to take place. They allow 'Free' Enterprise to exist.

Rules allow TCP/IP networks to exist!! 

Rules are not allways bad.

> My company will not support the IAHC's draft at all and will do everything 
> possible to prevent its enactment. Failing that, we will protect our 


<SNIP>

> I am angry and sad that it has come to this. I really held out hope that
> the committee would do the right thing. 

I believe you still have an opportunity to affect the outcome of this...
I hope you arn't giving up that 'right'.

> Life goes on - we move on to what is next (as Art Bell would say - by
> the way - his web page is http://ArtBell.Pahrump.Nevada.USA).

I get

 DNS Domain 'artbell.pahrump.nevada.usa' is invalid:
 Host not found (authoritative).

when trying to get there ... wanna e-mail me some pointers on how to get
there?

> John Palmer
> 
> P.S - look for our full page ad in a coming issue of INFORMATION WEEK. 
> This ad denounces the IAHC draft and offers alternatives. 
> 
> I am forwarding a copy of this message to ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, C-SPAN
> and other news organizations. 

I presume you included my text with it..... could you please ensure that
this reply also gets sent to them. I would hate my personal remarks being
attributed to the IAHC.

--Calvin

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