[ncdnhc-discuss] Election results (fwd)

Dany Vandromme vandrome at renater.fr
Fri Oct 4 07:49:26 CEST 2002


YJ Park wrote:
> 
> 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.
-
Disagree with YJ
I am still looking for the fun
Dany
-
> 
> 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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> >
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