Re: [ICANN-EU] Article 31

[Christoph <cweber@dialup.nacamar.de>]

Hi,

Thomas Roessler wrote:
> 
> On 2000-08-28 01:59:13 +0300, Constantine S. Chassapis wrote:
> 
> >  "Every human being has the right freely to receive material from
> >   and freely to transmit material to the cyberspace, currently
> >   known as the Internet."
> 
> > Now what do you think about that? When I finished the
> > phrase I felt something weird and wonderful inside.
> 
> Why should this be valid just for cyberspace?  Look, for instance,
> at article 5 (1), phrase 1, of the German Grundgesetz:
> 
>         Jeder hat das Recht, seine Meinung in Wort, Schrift und Bild
>         frei zu äußern und zu verbreiten und sich aus allgemein
>         zugänglichen Quellen ungehindert zu unterrichten.

Well... since you know as well as me that these words aren't 
worth the paper they are written on, and have about much theeth 
as a 100 years old Gentleman, I don't think pointing to them is 
of any significance.

OTOH, Constantine should as well be aware that there will not be 
free speech until a majority of the general public supports it. 
So campaigning here for it is useless - even if you get it written 
down somehwere here, it will fail the first time it is seriously 
tested. You have to conmvince the general public.

Regards

Christoph Weber-Fahr