Re: Hyperbole Fervor Distorts Serious Reporting and Discussion

[Duane Little <aadn1@nwi.net>]

John Charles Broomfield wrote:
> 
...
> DNS and most of internet in general works on the basis of cooperation. When
> someone decides to *force* something into being, if the rest of the internet
> is not happy with that, the "forcer" just gets cut out of the loop or
> ignored. So, just as a practical experiment, once the new gTLDs get rolling,
> if they stay visible, I would presume that to be a good enough proof of
> general approval.

What a complete and utter crock.  This is baldfaced bullshit PR.

IANA can issue the order without community consensus.  NSI can carry it
out without community consensus.

The whole IAHC/etc process went on without real community consensus.

To now claim that if it's pushed thru against all opposition, by people
who are most certainly in a position to do so, that that would represent
"proof of general approval" is an unconscionable lie.  It's nothing more
nor less than a lame propaganda effort to legitimize the illegitimate,
in the best tradition of political coups.


> On the other hand, try measuring how much global approval
> the alternatives have at this point (eDNS, uDNS, alternic an the rest of the
> bunch).
> 
They have a great deal of approval and support, particularly on a
philosophic basis, from the relatively few people who understand the
issues.  Meanwhile most of the "global approval" the IAHC process has,
such as it is, is clearly based upon lying PR like this of yours, John. 
It's apparent from the nature of the PR lies, and from the many obvious
and corresponding misconceptions of those (who are themselves extremely
few in the vastness of the Net community as you well know) who actually
do express support for the gTLD MoU.

There are, I recognize, also thoughtful people who, for various reasons,
support it despite recognition of its shortcomings, and express hope for
its evolution into something better.  But I think efforts like yours and
Dave's and Perry's serve to illustrate how little hope there really is
for that.

Duane