Re: [atlarge-discuss] FYI: Anonymity, identity and authority

["Richard Henderson" <richardhenderson@ntlworld.com>]

I agree. Good common sense, Jan.

----- Original Message -----
From: Jan Siren <sirenj@earthlink.net>
To: <atlarge-discuss@lists.fitug.de>
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 2:31 AM
Subject: Re: [atlarge-discuss] FYI: Anonymity, identity and authority


> Stephen Waters wrote:
> >
> > If you lived in a country that filtered sites like ABC news, Human
> > Rights Watch, and had a record of running students over with tanks,
> > secret abductions, and covering up disease epidemics, wouldn't YOU be
> > afraid of participating in democratic organizations online?
> >
> > No, I don't think the problem is "fear" at this point, the problem is
> > outreach. But once some outreach is done, we should probably have a
> > mechanism for "secret" participation. Why? 2 reasons: 1) fear, 2) the
> > outreach could very well get us filtered.
> >
>
> I concur, we should allow for anonymous registrations under some
> circumstances, but I also believe we should not allow for "blanket" no-nam
e
> registrations for everyone from a particular geographic area.  There shoul
d
> be a committee whose charge is to examine appeals for anonymous registrati
ons
> on a case-by-case basis.  Such registrations should be:
>
> 1.  Clearly indicated as anonymous.
> 2.  Constrained to expire after a set time unless renewed by the registran
t.
> 3.  Strictly limited in number to some percentage of the total membership,
> say 10%.
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: atlarge-discuss-unsubscribe@lists.fitug.de
> For additional commands, e-mail: atlarge-discuss-help@lists.fitug.de
>
>


---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: atlarge-discuss-unsubscribe@lists.fitug.de
For additional commands, e-mail: atlarge-discuss-help@lists.fitug.de