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ICANN Ditches Public Participation

Ziest writes "The AP is reporting that ICANN, who is meeting in Shanghai, has voted to eliminate direct elections to its board of directors." See also does-not-exist.org. It's not as if this is recent change -- just the last step in a long process.

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  2. Re:Lord Vader has disolved the Senate by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You're a fucking idiot.

  3. Re:Did you notice this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You're out of touch, fucktard!

  4. Thank God for this; it's long overdue. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ICANN has serious matters to tackle. For years, they've been harrassed endlessly by every crackpot do-gooder who's got an irrational axe to grind "in the public interest". That will now end.

    In case you haven't thought any of this through, how exactly do all these "public-interest" nutcases differ from any other special interest group demanding changes in public policy to benefit a small minority? The entire vast regulatory framework currently strangling business in the United States is the result of such gratuitous and irresponsible interference. Ask yourself for a moment why Hong Kong, for its size, is so much more successful than the United States. Stumped? It's easy: No unnecessary regulation of business. Parasites with loud mouths and too much time on their hands are not permitted to seize control and make destructive laws whose only purpose is to drag everybody else down to the parasites' degraded level.

    Listen closely. This is a law of nature: When somebody makes grand noises about "the public interest", he is trying to pick your pocket. There are no exceptions.

  5. Good by drhairston · · Score: 1, Troll

    For things like nations, elections may be all well and good (though I fail to see that that's been proven yet) but for small institutions on a limited budget, elections are a monumental pain in the arse. I hope my local Board of Regents follows suit. Putting University funding and appointment behind close doors would stop a whole rash of problems, from students smearing us in their rag of a newspaper to inquisitive alumni attempting to get their shills elected.

    --
    Dr. Joseph Hairston
    Superintendent, CCBC
  6. Re:Can anyone explain why this is significant? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Nice job. Respond to an obvious troll and get modded up anyways. Nice copy and paste, too!

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