Perhaps I might be able to lend some insight into this quote, seeing as I said it.
What you are missing is the word 'their', I did not say that they perserving ALL Islamic culture, but their own. It is a sovereign nation entitled to their own way of life, like any other nation. Their culture doesn't even have to be in danger of dying, they can merely be trying to strengthen it.
I don't live in Saudi Arabia, and i suspect you don't either - so who is either of us to say what is best for them?
What it ultimately boils down to is that we in the lab are engaged in academic research and we need to be critical of our sources and ourselves - these debates helps us maintain as best we can a balanced perspective.
Global Civil Society isn't a utopian buzzword. Its a term used in international relations to describe the actors on the world stage who are not a) governments and b) companies. What soes that leave? Well, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO's) such as Medecins Sans Frontiers, Greenpeace etc, citizen groups religious organizations....
Perhaps a system that is constantly being challenged on a wider scale where the gaps in security are discovered and patched relatively quickly due to sheer magintude and a shared problem (i.e. the internet as is), would be more secure than one that is seperate such a GWB is proposing. (i.e. tested by outsiders much more rarely and thus more open to a catastrophic security failure)
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Perhaps I might be able to lend some insight into this quote, seeing as I said it.
What you are missing is the word 'their', I did not say that they perserving ALL Islamic culture, but their own. It is a sovereign nation entitled to their own way of life, like any other nation. Their culture doesn't even have to be in danger of dying, they can merely be trying to strengthen it.
I don't live in Saudi Arabia, and i suspect you don't either - so who is either of us to say what is best for them?
What it ultimately boils down to is that we in the lab are engaged in academic research and we need to be critical of our sources and ourselves - these debates helps us maintain as best we can a balanced perspective.
The article is now mirrored here:
http://www.citizenlab.org/opensource/
In the off chance you failed to read the article, were from the univerity of TORONTO. i.e. not american.
Global Civil Society isn't a utopian buzzword. Its a term used in international relations to describe the actors on the world stage who are not a) governments and b) companies. What soes that leave? Well, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO's) such as Medecins Sans Frontiers, Greenpeace etc, citizen groups religious organizations....
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Perhaps a system that is constantly being challenged on a wider scale where the gaps in security are discovered and patched relatively quickly due to sheer magintude and a shared problem (i.e. the internet as is), would be more secure than one that is seperate such a GWB is proposing. (i.e. tested by outsiders much more rarely and thus more open to a catastrophic security failure)