Ofer Inbar wrote:
It was not you specifically, it was the discussion with many participants, with several either expressing or assuming the idea that "no consensus in the US population" necessarily means that TERM should just give up and not look into this at all.
That is not very precise, because you misunderstand which party has responsibility for proof. As TERM is trying to restrict very basic human right of freedom of speech in an international organization of IETF, it can be authorized only when there is very smooth consensus that some terminology is definitely not acceptable not only in US but internationally. Moreover, it is responsibility of those who are arguing for TERM to prove that there is such very smooth international consensus. However, from comments on NYT article, it is obvious that, even in US, there is no such consensus, not even roughly. As such, TERM, attempting to restrict freedom of speech internationally without any valid reasoning, is hopeless. TERM could be authorized only when there is a valid proof that there is a very smooth international consensus for it, which is totally lacking. Masataka Ohta
