[discuss] Possible approaches to solving "problem no. 1"

Thu Feb 20 22:48:30 UTC 2014

On 21/02/2014 10:56, Ian Peter wrote:
> the word globalisation has different meanings to different people and I refer you to the anti-globalisation  movement, which sees globalisation as a word for transnational corporate control without government regulation (and you can see the ramifications of that in an internet setting in terms of economic dominance). Probably not the most sensitive word for ICANN to use given its connotations to many people, but I’m not sure what the best substitute is.

It's certainly true that the word has been contaminated by the
"anti-globalization" lobby, but I looked in my Shorter Oxford
and it says that "global" means "pertaining to or embracing the
totality of a group of items, categories or the like."
As far as I can tell that's the same as the French meaning,
which is "considered in its entirety" (my translation of the
definition in Le Petit Larousse). Neither of them defines "global"
to have anything to do with the globe of the Earth.

For the francophones here, my Robert is very strange since it
is asymmetric:

global (En) = universel, mondial, planétaire (Fr)
global (Fr) = global, total, overall, aggregate, comprehensive (En)

The English to French translation is simply wrong, according
to the Oxford definition. Certainly in the Internet standards
world, when we say "global" we are not thinking about the
globe of the Earth.

     Brian

> From: Michel Gauthier 
> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 8:18 AM
> To: John Curran ; Louis Pouzin (well) 
> Cc: 1Net List 
> Subject: Re: [discuss] Possible approaches to solving "problem no. 1"
> 
> At 20:43 20/02/2014, John Curran wrote:
> 
>   On Feb 20, 2014, at 2:24 PM, Louis Pouzin (well) <pouzin at well.com> wrote:
> 
>     Global(ization) mentioned 25 times, i.e. USG/NSA control. 
> 
>   Louis - 
>       For those us not quite as astute, could you unpack the above a little bit, 
>      (In particular, I'm trying to figure the how use of global implies USG control)
> 
> Please, not again!
> :-)
> 
> 
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