[arin-ppml] Accusation of fundamental conflictofinterest/IPaddresspolicy pitched directly to ICANN

[Owen DeLong]

On May 2, 2011, at 1:19 PM, McTim wrote:

> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 11:02 PM, Mike Burns <mike at nationwideinc.com> wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
>> 
>> Why not an open and transparent marketplace free from artifical and
>> easily-scammable justification regimes?
> 
> Because many thousands of people over many years have determined these
> policies (your "artifical and easily-scammable justification regimes)
> via open, transparent, consensus based processes.   They have not
> (yet) determined that a open and transparent market is a better
> option.

I remain unconvinced that a market can be open and transparent, let alone
conform to the other assumptions built into such a statement.

Owen