Feeding the troll was: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: Call for silence

[Enrique A. Chaparro]

On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 15:05:00 -0400
"Nabil El-Khodari" <webmaster at nilebasin.com> wrote:

Even taking the risk of feeding a troll, because I feel your message
as a flame bait, I can't but reply since the issue is particularly 
sensitive for me.

NEK> [...] What I need to say is that this forum has a
NEK> function, i.e. to prepare for the next WSIS in Tunisia 2005. We
NEK> cannot change Tunis- neither as the place for the WSIS nor its
NEK> governance. If we are concerned by human rights, we should know and
NEK> appreciate that: 1. Change does not come from the outside.
NEK> 2. There are other forums more suitable for these discussions.

(a) The mission of this forum extends well beyond ``preparing for
the next WSIS''. This is a virtual place for agreeing common CS
policies and actions.

(b) `Change does not come from the outside'. True. But solidarity
from outside helps to foster the changes. Helps to give a voice to
dissidents. Helps to press dictatorial governments.

(c) _Each_and_every_ forum is suitable for discussing human rights
issues. Particularly this one, since CS organizations have affirmed
the supremacy of human rights in the construction of the information
society (see e.g. chapter 2 of
http://www.worldsummit2003.de/download_en/CS-Essential-Benchmarks-for-WSIS-11-12-03-en.rtf )

NEK> Let us concentrate this forum on what it is meant to do and do not
NEK> waste our time and efforts on useless discussions.
NEK> If human rights are an issue for this forum it is as much as the
NEK> freedom to access to information, which hopefully we can foster.

Human rights are an issue in this forum. All human rights. And a
crucial issue. Please see above referred document.
 
NEK> I hate censorship as much as I hate anarchy. If any one have visited
NEK> the sites listed below, they will know better than to accuse me of
NEK> censorship.

As a side note, I sincerely hope that you tried to mean `chaos' instead
of `anarchy'

NEK> 
NEK> 
NEK> Again, all I am saying is let us concentrate this forum on
NEK> discussions related to the WSIS and preparing NGOs without undue
NEK> distractions. If issues of freedom are to be raised, they must come
NEK> in a general recommendation (affecting may be all developing
NEK> countries) and not as one targeted to our host. Does that make any
NEK> sense?

If human rights issues are ``undue distractions'' from your viewpoint,
I'm afraid you got into the wrong place.
 
Sincerely,

Enrique


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``Izena duen guzia omen da.''
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