[address-policy-wg] Re: ICANN vs RIPE NCC, was Re: Summary of the PI ......

daniel,

and both of us predate ripe, icann, and so forth.  and many folk
here contributed to the formation of all of these administrative
monsters.  big whoopie-doo.  i would gladly be 30 years younger
and a newbie.

as a user of ripe, apnic, icann, ... i am telling you that it is
hard for me to tell the difference these days in arrogance,
application of power, bureaucratic delay, political maneuvering,
stonewalling, blah blah blah.

and when you push back as opposed to seriously discussing my
concerns, as has been the case for a few years now, all i can
think is QED.

like other representative systems such as legislatures, the RIRs
have moved from being associations of their users to becoming
self-perpetuating governmental bureaucracies, who are not actually
users themselves, but speak for us, tell us what we think and
should do, and how we are being uncooperative and sneering.  but
at least the RIRs are not invading foreign countries and murdering
people, as my local governmental bureaucracy seems wont to do.

and don't give me "why don't you help?"  i have for decades.  you
recently stopped listening.

randy