[AfrICANN-discuss] Fwd: information - .africa string related claim - lies

[McTim]

Dear Dr. Mshana,


On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 12:04 AM, Dr Yassin Mshana <ymshana2003 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Fellow Africans and friends of 360 degrees Development,
>
> Is this kind of stuff going on supposed to do good to the image of Africa?
> I ma afraid to say openly say NO!
>
> Does it mean that an opinion is the fact? NO - unless based on justifiable
> observation (IMHO)
>
> What is DCA? It is a Business which is aiming to promote the Internet-based
> business while making the presence of Africa and its potential to fairly
> compete in the Internet-based economy (which interprets as one of the
> pillars of ICANN)
>
> I do not think that this kind of communication is doing Africa any
> good.....if an objection has  been made (which is everybody's right to do
> so) there should be no need to share the concerns in the open media like
> this...it just adds petrol on fire! everybody will start shouting-out-aloud!
> In that case it will tarnish the image and professionally put us on
> question...
>
> What is troubling me (as an African) is that, we believe that there is no
> smoke without fire - can the accusations made be responded to in a
> professional manner please?
>

The professional manner you seek is at this url:

https://community.icann.org/display/DirCan/At-Large+Candidate-Community+Forum+-+EURALO

I believe the url I sent earlier was not the correct one.

I leave it as an exercise to the reader to determine which attitude is
professional.

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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