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Hi,<br>
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I support reappropriation of the misappropriated term.<br>
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The public interest with respect to names should be what ICANN
focuses on as it commits itself to that in the bylaws.<br>
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avri<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 23-Dec-14 12:56, William Drake
wrote:<br>
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<div class="">On Dec 22, 2014, at 3:54 PM, Milton L Mueller
<<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:mueller@syr.edu"
class="">mueller@syr.edu</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div class=""><span class="">Indeed, if you pay careful
attention to ICANN's past 5-8 years you find that the term
is most commonly used by the BC and most frequently
invoked by GAC, Steve DelBianco and Marilyn Cade, usually
to justify policies that we don't support</span></div>
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<div class="">To me this is an argument for contesting and
hopefully re-appropriating the term in line with a coherent
vision that reflects our values, rather for than dismissing the
concept as inherently flawed and to be avoided (which it will
not be). This is precisely where civil society should be
weighing in forcefully with counter-hegemonic discourse, rather
than letting others control things by default because nobody
bothers to push back.</div>
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<div class="">Bill</div>
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