[WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: Need to know the facts / Les Faits Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] PCT and WGIG

[Georg C. F. Greve]

 || On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 10:15:48 +0200
 || veni markovski <veni at veni.com> wrote: 

 vm> The great spirit from the first WSIS and PrepComs was lost
 vm> somewhere in cyberspace on the road to the next PrepCom in Geneva
 vm> in February.

I agree fully with that sentiment.


 vm> Come on, let's concentrate on today and tomorrow, not on
 vm> yesterday.

Those who do not learn from the mistakes of the past are bound to
repeat them, so unfortunately it seems that this discussion was quite
necessary.

When leaving away the rhethorics and attempts at discrediting those
who were playing the unfortunate role of messenger, what remains is a
quite clear picture of the facts. That raising legitimate questions
creates such an immediate and at time violent response instead of
seeking for ways of addressing them is also quite interesting.

So for me the discussion has indeed greatly clarified some things.

But I agree with you that continuing the discussion in this form on
this forum will not get any constructive results, which is why I
deliberately stopped writing on Tuesday (IIRC).

And even though it is tempting to point out the problems with the
latest mails, I will resist that temptation and not go back into the
discussion.


I will however gladly discuss this in private with anyone who is
interested. Later today I'll be on my plane to Porto Alegre to
participate in the World Social Forum and to participate in a session
about

 Digital Revolution: Knowledge Sharing x Imprisonment on Information Society
 28 Jan, 15:30am - 18:30am, Room: A105

with people from the Brazilian government and the Free Software
movement, as well as Yochai Benkler, Professor of Law at Yale.

Please feel free to get in touch.

Regards,
Georg

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Georg C. F. Greve                                 <greve at fsfeurope.org>
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