So true. Best regards. shinji sato --- mohta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Tony Rutkowski wrote: > > > It is a pity the IRTF/IETF never seemed interested in enumerating, > > implementing, and measuring the entire array of human rights that are > > relevant for electronic communications. > > As is demonstrated by a fact that having access to the Internet is > an important basic human right today but not in the past when > costly telephone network was *THE* global network, such enumerations > are subject to narrow contexts and can not be so useful. > > > The IRTF/IETF seemed to always focus highly selectively on a couple > > of rights, ignoring the others. > > So true. > > Enforcement of, so called, inclusive language, such as rephrasing > master/slave to primary/secondary only to authorize/acknowledge/promote > racial discrimination to treat coloreds as secondary citizens long after > slavery was illegalized in US is totally against not only inclusiveness > but also the freedom of speech. > > Masataka Ohta >