On 14 January 2011 03:00,
Dwi Elfrida Martina S
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wrote:
hi rudy,
(snipped)
I agree with you,
there is no country who already TOTALLY success
to do
process 'filter'. But, still we have to do our
best to place "pornography"
in good order, means there is certain
regulation, term & condition. so, we
can protect country from decreasing of
morality:)
As I think we have made clear from previous
statements, Morality (as well as public order)
ARE NOT an issue that concerns this constituency
and these considerations should therefore be
left out of discussion and encouraged to be left
of all the discussions in ICANN.
(long parenthesis: I'm sure Dwi was
formulating a wish for its own country, and it
this case, it's perfectly ok to do so. I must
recall the list that Morality is an extremelly
complex issue, much more than paedophilia, which
is generally defined as crime in most western
and southern countries, but, in contrast, it is
indulged by some other countries (e.g. asian),
and was not at all a crime before 1950 in most
of the countries I know. When these issues dig
deep in our cultural backgrounds and in our
religious or belief points of view, it is best
to rely on the system of values that we know is
transversal to all Mankind and are best
described in the Charter for Human Rights, that
I think best summarizes the values we must guide
for. End of long parenthesis.)
In conclusion, and having the Charter for
Human Rights as a working bench, I say that the
arguments for discussing this or that issue (but
not for the .XXX which is long due), should
never be issues on liberty, or censorship, let
alone competencies or policies for governments.
We, as an informed and knowledgeable
community, must put forward our opinions having
in view the larger and greater good of our
fellow Internet users, oblivious to where they
sit in working days or in holidays or in Holy
days. All of us deserve an Internet that _does_
_not_ _limit_ our rights as persons and promotes
the values engraved in the Charter for Human
Rights.
We cannot say much regarding the different
civilizational issues of different countries.
For me, I know that in my country we still have
a long way to go. But this is my belief,
probably some of my fellow citizens do not agree
with me, and therefore this is not an issue to
discuss here.
I have the greatest of respects for all
cultures, religions and civilizations, and I try
hard to not let my personal beliefs to stand in
the way of my professional beliefs, so I expect
others to do the same.
Of course, I stand perfectly aware that, as
Ortega y Gasset once said, I am myself and my
circumstance, and thus my points of view will
always be tainted by the fact that I was born
and raised here.
So to conclude, for me the purpose of this
constituency is not to place pornography or
capitalism or comunism or _______ (fill in with
you word of choice) into order.
It is to make sure that we provide ICANN with
valueable and wise opinions. And we should do
our best to do so. For our own good and the
benefit of all mankind.
I leave you all with two thoughts, one from
Ben Franklin who once said "He who gives up a
liberty to achieve a temporary security deserves
neither and will loose both" (and there are
plenty of historical examples of this), and the
other, from a greek philosopher whose name I
cannot remember "the best way to prevent a
damage to society is to educate the children".
With my personal and sincere excuses if my
points of view have offended anyone (was not my
intention), I wish you all a nice week end,
Nuno Garcia