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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>I am also very much in favor of promoting issues of online and individual safety, however, my main concern is that if such issues are promoted under the CP80 or the Mormon agenda only certain views will be expressed that reflect the culture and tradition of such groups. Everybody, irrespective of religious or personal beliefs, wants to see an Internet safe and secure; however, the means through which this will be achieved varies amongst the members of the constituency and this is not to say that these views cannot be expressed. However, we always have to bear in mind that these views only represent a small fraction of the constituency and are designed to deal with issues under a different, more religious, perspective that does not necessarily comply with everybody’s idea of how safety online is to be achieved. To me this sounds like an imposition of religious beliefs rather than a genuine concern about the issues discussed.<BR>
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Konstantinos<BR>
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On 19/03/2009 22:52, "Jeremy Geigle" <<a href="JGeigle@JACKSONWHITELAW.COM">JGeigle@JACKSONWHITELAW.COM</a>> wrote:<BR>
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I also agree with the need to look broadly at individual safety online - including identity theft, destruction of resources, child safety, individual choice/control.<BR>
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Jeremy S. Geigle<BR>
President AZFC<BR>
JD/MBA<BR>
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-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: Non-Commercial User Constituency [<a href="mailto:NCUC-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU">mailto:NCUC-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a>] On Behalf Of Ralph D. Clifford<BR>
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:49 PM<BR>
To: <a href="NCUC-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU">NCUC-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a><BR>
Subject: Discussion of Cybersafety Constituency<BR>
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First the background: I am not a member of CP80. I am not a Mormon. I have no<BR>
connections to either group of any kind and, before today, I had never heard<BR>
of Mr. Yarro. Personally, I don't see pornography as a big problem in society.<BR>
Despite this, I am a member of the cybersafety constituency because it is not<BR>
the one-issue group that some seem to want to make it; instead, it is a group<BR>
of people who are concerned that ICANN's decision-making often ignores issues<BR>
of individual safety including such things as identity theft, destruction of<BR>
computer resources, etc. And yes, some others in the group are concerned with<BR>
the distribution of porn.<BR>
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Second, a comment: Today's "discussion" has been outrageous. The only thing it<BR>
reminds me of are the flame wars that used to erupt on Usenet (although no one<BR>
has called someone else a Nazi, yet, just implied it). Unfortunately, that<BR>
seems to be the norm in this discussion group. Almost always, ideas are not<BR>
exchanged; accusations of conspiracy are. This is too bad as it certainly<BR>
discourages the openness that ICANN allegedly wants.<BR>
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Ralph D. Clifford<BR>
Professor of Law<BR>
S. New England School of Law<BR>
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Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis,<BR>
Lecturer in Law,<BR>
GigaNet Membership Chair,<BR>
University of Strathclyde,<BR>
The Lord Hope Building,<BR>
141 St. James Road,<BR>
Glasgow, G4 0LT,<BR>
UK<BR>
tel: +44 (0)141 548 4306<BR>
email: <a href="k.komaitis@strath.ac.uk">k.komaitis@strath.ac.uk</a> <BR>
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