Dear patcha and all,
From: "patcha" <patcha@patcha.jinbo.net>
Subject: [communication 463] Re: Our Tokyo declaration
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 16:36:53 +0900
Message-ID: <MDEILHAAFDBNGFGCEKHEEEFGCHAA.patcha@patcha.jinbo.net>
>
> "The information society should be regarded as a collaborative effort of
> all the stakeholders including, civil society, government and private sector."
From my own experience, in some very important cases, I feel
difficulties of collaboration with government and private
sector. Because civil society has different interest with government
and private sector. As actors of civil society, we should recognize
fundamental contradiction among civil society, government and private
sector. Information society has nothing of predetermined harmony,
rather it is influenced by present serious contradiction of social
structure as global capitalism. For example, let's consider who should
have responsibility of so called digital divide. We have to review of
government, private sector and international organizations such as WB,
ADB, WTO and so on whether their policies for information society have
been contributing elimination of digital divide or not. We consider
the ICT is also close relate to not only economic conditions such as
poverty, gender and racial discrimination but repressive tool of
political activities. It is important thing that government and
private sector are major actors of serious violation of human rights
by surveillance and censorship.
We should make clear our own position as civil society which has
different interest with government and private sector.
I know my opinion seems to be minority of this group, but I hope you
may reconsider the present social structure has a lot of
contradictions which has strong negative influences to communication
rights of ordinary people.
About below issues, I support patcha. Original is better. Statement is
an expression of our fundamental view point. We should not worry about
trifles.
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>
> 13. Delete "never" and replace with not. Delete "any kind of".
> This is too definite.
>
> =>The full sentence is below
>
> "Values of human rights, democracy and freedom of expression should
> never be threatened by any kind of surveillance and censorship."
>
> It is difficult to understand why this expression is too definite.
> Rather, I think this is clear attitude of civil societies
> to the surveillance and censorship system.
> Many asian civil societies already got many experiences of surveillance
> and censorship system, and found out the danger of these systems.
>
> And I saw the expression, "any kind of" or "all forms of" etc. in other
> civil society documents.
>
> I hope to keep the original sentence.
> If necessay, I think we can discuss it more.
>
> Thanks,
> PatchA
regards,
toshi
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toshimaru ogura
ogr@nsknet.or.jp
toshi@jca.apc.org
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