At 09:28 PM 9/14/2006, Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote:
> From: Joel M. Halpern [mailto:joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> I doubt that in the brief consideration based on your note I
> have found all of the problems.
Obviously. As Winston Churchill once remarked, "Democracy is the
worst possible system of government, except for all the others".
The problem with the current scheme is precisely when people use the
power of incumbency to advance arguments like the one you just gave.
In particular a certain individual made essentially the same
argument to trump a technical discussion and as a result DNSSEC was
put back by five years.
Either argue your case or don't. Asserting that you believe you
could find an argument but are too lazy to do so is hardly persuasive.
I raised several specific objections to your view, which you have
chosen not to respond to here. The comment you quote was not
intended as an argument you should (or as you observe could) respond
to, but rather as an indication taht I would not be surprised if
there were additional issues beyond the ones I raised that would also
need to be discussed.
Yours,
Joel M. Halpern
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