Re: [icann-europe] Mike Roberts, authoritarian

["Roberto Gaetano" <roberto_gaetano@hotmail.com>]

Oh, good, it has been a while since we heard the last insults on this list, 
welcome back, Michael.
BTW, are you speaking for yourself, or is this the consensus of the ICIIU?
Regards
Roberto



>From: Michael Sondow <msondow@iciiu.org>
>To: Vittorio Bertola <v.bertola@bertola.eu.org>
>CC: Mike Roberts <mmr@darwin.ptvy.ca.us>, icann-europe@lists.fitug.de,      
>   forum@atlargestudy.org
>Subject: [icann-europe] Mike Roberts, authoritarian
>Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 16:22:59 -0400
>
>Vittorio-
>
>By his actions in the formative stages of ICANN, Mike Roberts has
>proved himself to be an elitist authoritarian, which is a nice way
>of saying that he is a proto-fascist, someone who thinks only his
>ideas, opinions, and judgments are worthwhile, and that the rest of
>the human species are inferior to him. ICANN was not formed upon
>democratic principles, thanks to Mr. Roberts and his henchmen. This
>most recent demonstration of his elitist authoritarian tendencies is
>only to be expected. If Mr. Roberts had his way, the Internet would
>be controlled entirely by him and his friends, and the world
>likewise.
>
>Fortunately, there are still a few sane people around, both in the
>U.S. and on the Internet, and Mr. Roberts will probably not get his
>way in the end. But he and his kind are dangerous.
>
>M.S.
>
> > Vittorio Bertola wrote:
>
> > What history has told us is that the worst error you can make in this
> > situation is to stop believing in your own principles,
>
> > Mike Roberts wrote:
> >
> > >At the time, going on three weeks ago, I had in mind something like
> > >US $100 from several thousand individuals who actually were willing
> > >to put their money where their mouth was about having a functioning
> > >At Large organization.
> > >
> > >Today, that idea is out the window, along with a lot of other
> > >populist notions about any old terrorist around the globe getting to
> > >vote on how to run the DNS.
> > >
> > >When civilization takes a step backward, as it did last week, it
> > >usually means a period in which the people with the guns make the
> > >decisions.  Anyone watching the American President on tv in recent
> > >days knows that's where we're at.  It may be a while before the
> > >luxury of debating what constitutes consensus in a terrorist-less
> > >society returns.
>
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