yeah, it's sort of like the Johnson or Nixon tapes versus Congressional debate on CSPAN. We're getting the tapes. :) For the most part, I think a lot of us are simply frustrated with being denied representation time and time again. Tempers often rise in the face of frustration. Frustrations abound in organizational growing pains as well. We're seeing that, too. I read in the NY Times that the UN said most young democracies fail miserably due to corruption, fundamental disagreements over organization, racism, etc. The US Constitutional Convention only allowed delegates inside Independence Hall and forbade them from going to the press until the process was complete. As a young democratic organization with a totally open process, I don't think we're doing too badly. The long-term success of this project is dependent on: 1) sufficient legitimate self-organization and 2) success in lobbying ICANN or its successor for acceptable representation. Both [1] and [2] must be satisfied or the whole thing is shambles. -s On Fri, 2002-07-26 at 04:25, Paul wrote: > Is it just me, or does the tone and style of debate in here > seem a bit childish and puerile much of the time? > > I know I've been lurking here from the start, and from time > to time I've tried to see what gets debated in the various > threads. Unfortunately it mostly seems to be just a few people > making fearful allegations, often with gratuitous sexual > imagery. > > I accept that I have not coonducted a scientific study, > and the garbage I've seen may not be representative of > the list as a whole. But I suspect that many would-be > members and supporters will be put off by this sort > of abusive carry on. > > Perhaps the saddest thing is that these rantings actually > obscure what are the issues (however much they may > relieve the feelings of the authors). It's the worst form > of self-gratification, and harms the aims of the organisation. > > I don't want to get into a debate on censorship (it always > generates more heat than light), but I could wish that the > signal to noise ratio in here were higher. > > Then, maybe, I could understand some of the issues > a little better. > > regards and apologies, > > Paul > > -- > Paul the argumentative ( notmyopinion@btinternet.com ) > "Opinions expressed in this email are not necessarily incorrect." > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: atlarge-discuss-unsubscribe@lists.fitug.de > For additional commands, e-mail: atlarge-discuss-help@lists.fitug.de >
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