-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 9/22/09 6:03 PM, Ole Jacobsen wrote: > You said: > > "Because in the free world, defaming the government, disrespecting a > culture, discussing human rights, and discussing religion might be > rude, or they might be the subjects of perfectly appropriate academic > discussions, but they are not illegal." > > I agree, but I think you are arguing that such discussions are a > normal and required part of our technical work in semi-public fora and > I think that's stretching the meaning of the terms you list. > > Which is why I think we've been invited with the blessing of the > government, and why I think THEY (for all values of they) assume we > will conduct "business as usual." As an example, does your definition of "business as usual" include the topics, presentations, and discussions that occurred in the net neutrality session during the technical plenary at IETF 75? That kind of session is business as usual for the IETF, but it might not be perceived as the usual business of a technical organization by those who are proposing to host this meeting. Peter - -- Peter Saint-Andre https://stpeter.im/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkq5i8cACgkQNL8k5A2w/vyuLACbBiPWW6LiE2JLLDe0iSWiWRsr z/UAoPA5wT4N0nz7aoM9XUz2qtbFC6+Y =x4Sd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf