Bruce Miller writes: > International technical fora are adamant that they discuss only technical > issues and leave politics to the politicians.
If that were true the subject of this discussion would not exist. > The International Standards Organizations operates by consensus. The > flip-side of consensus is that everyone has a veto. Wrong. Taiwan not only has no veto, it has no vote. > The ISO standard would not have happened without the 100% agreement of > the United States Government. Many things would not have happened without the 100% agreement of the United States Government. So what? > Far be it from any of us outside the USA to criticize the right of > Americans to criticize their government's policy, or for any other > nationality to criticize its government's policy, but an international > technical forum is not the place to do it. We are not discussing government policy. We are discussing Debian policy. > It is perfectly reasonable of Debian to adopt an international standard. > It raises Debian above the debate which is taking place here. Adopting an international standard that includes a gratuitous political statement is an endorsement of that statement. The added clause serves no technical purpose. Throw it out. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
