RE: ISPs as stakeholders

[Roberto Gaetano <Roberto.Gaetano@etsi.fr>]

Marcel,

>Jim, this discussion about whether Switzerland is a western country
>or still under construction or if we're aliens from outer space
>or still live the life of the great Troglodytes is not my taste.
>You probably find pros and cons for every country. Let me just
>assure you that many people from other countries have found ways 
>how to deal with the Swiss and that we also have a fairly old
>democratic system which seems to work.

I'm not a lawyer, I don't argue on the legal matter.
I'm not a historian either, so I'll ask confirmation, but I seem to
remember that Switzerland was a Democracy since its birth (thirteenth
century, I believe).
Only males had the right to vote, but this is a minor problem when you
think that most of Europe was discovering the happyness of authoritarian
government and didn't even know what a vote was.
About the to-become United States, the native americans were happily
chasing the buffalos...
Regards
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