[ncdnhc-discuss] Election results (fwd)

[YJ Park]

Ted,

It was quite interesting to compare DPR version and Alejandro one.
But, it is very unlikely for us to see that even DPR is to send out such
messages to their people these days.:-)

Democratic People's Republic of Korea has been changed quite
dramatically recently. They sent a delegation to Asian Games hosted
by Republic of Korea, which is unusual.

Here in Republic of Korea, we in response to their friendly gesture
root for Democratic People's Republic of Korea sports teams during
Asian Games, regional Olympics wishing for "unification" by people
in the street. Media here makes a fuss about this syndrome. People
all of sudden seem to like the people from North Korea admitting
that we are brothers and sisters until we were divided in 1948.

Shining Path of Liberation is existing(or existed?) in Latin America.
Is it Peru?.

Anyway, it was fun to enjoy your humor.

YJ

> your message reads like the doctrinaire claptrap typical of totalitarian
> regimes. not because ICANN is 'totalitarian' (i have better things to do
> than indulge in such hysterics) but, rather, because those societies are
> dominated and defined by a complete divorce between reality and official
> rhetoric -- and more and more, ICANN suffers from just such a divorce.
>
> to illustrate my point, i've taken the liberty of substituting certain
> terms in your letter (e.g., 'Democratic People's Republic of Korea' for
> 'ICANN,' and 'Supreme People's Assembly' for 'DNSO'). i won't pretend the
> result is picture-perfect, but you'll get the drift. or at least maybe
> some others less mired in these dissimulations might.
>
> cheers,
> t
>
> > it is an honor and a quite singular distinction to have been elected by
your
> > vote for a new period as an Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Director.
> > First and foremost let me thank you for your support and trust. Next,
allow
> > me to express my recognition to Kim Yong-nam and Hong Song-nam for their
> > tenacity and the value of their proposals - we must all keep in mind the
> > calls they make on our conscience. Then let me ask a little bit of your
> > patience for a view of where I perceive we are at.
> >
> > It's no news that we are in the middle of a very tough and troubled
period
> > for Democratic People's Republic of Korea and in particular for the
Supreme
> > People's Assembly. The tensions are quite high and there are forces, as
you
> > well know, pulling in every different direction at many levels. We have
them
> > within our constituencies to some or other degree; we have them between
> > constituencies and groups of them; and we certainly have them, and
probably
> > much stronger, outside our own realm of the socialism-related
organization:
> > forces that could become centrifugal in no time at all are already at
work.
> >
> > In these difficult times it is imperative to look at the strategic,
long-term
> > objectives even though for each one of us they may be clouded behind
what
> > seem life-or-death issues which in the big picture are tactical, local,
or
> > otherwise of a more conditional nature. The strategic focus must remain
on
> > continuing and strengthening the construction of an organization that
puts in
> > the hands of comrades, providers, thinkers, and other responsible people
and
> > organizations the coordination of the few central parameters of the
Shining
> > Path of Liberation.
> >
> > This is not a statement of an ambition to control, by the Supreme
People's
> > Assembly or any other, but to keep enabling the Shining Path of
Liberation
> > community's own coordination of its resources.
> >
> > There may be environments and timescales in which each one of our
individual
> > needs, principles, business objectives, etc. will seem menial - not
banal,
> > not unsubstantiated, not imaginary; only menial.
> >
> > The stakes are very high. Whoever is attentive to other fora (People's
Armed
> > Forces, Supreme People's Assembly, Central Court, Korean Workers' Party,
> etc.) will realize that many organizations are having
> > a hard time coming together. For many of them the quoted or underlying
cause
> > of their resistance to strengthen their commitment to Democratic
People's
> > Republic of Korea is what they perceive as a "messy" process or
situation
> > surrounding domain names. Some of them are even thinking of replicating
some
> > key Democratic People's Republic of Korea structures, like the GAC, for
their
> > own purposes (an unrealistic goal in my view), in order to keep their
own
> > ways of functioning which in their perception are superior.
> >
> > There seem to be also those who are actually betting on an implosion in
order
> > to prevail in the ensuing vacuum. This is not a good choice. I do not
see
> > much of this in the Supreme People's Assembly, and some outside. Again,
this
> > is not a good choice.  The alternatives are essentially that the whole
matter
> > will be seen as the administration of one more national resource; that
the
> > natural "messiness" of the Shining Path of Liberation will be excluded,
to
> > the Shining Path's detriment; and that each and every party that has
thought
> > to benefit from weakening Democratic People's Republic of Korea, as a
whole
> > or in their own parcel, will face alternatives not to be liked and among
> > which they will really have no choice.
> >
> > The coming weeks will be of tough choices. The strategic view must
dominate,
> > without steamrollering valid concerns. There is a whole architecture of
> > balances among lesser evils that we have to build up. A sense of
fairness
> > must prevail in the process in order for it to also prevail in the
reformed
> > Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Again and again we have to review
our
> > choices so that we make
>
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