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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear All, Ronald</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I totally support your idea, the people we are
selecting for speakers should be free to say what they want. If they are
selected rightly and are trusted, they know what to say!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>regards</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Amir</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=KovenRonald@aol.com
href="mailto:KovenRonald@aol.com">KovenRonald@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=plenary@wsis-cs.org
href="mailto:plenary@wsis-cs.org">plenary@wsis-cs.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 17, 2005 2:04
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin
Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for supports</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000
size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Dear All --<BR><BR>Everyone of us has his
hobbyhorses, favorite essential topics. I think it is really out of bounds for
us to ask someone like Shirin Ebadi to reflect them. She must be free to
express what she thinks is important. The authoritarian atmosphere of our
limited version of "civil society,"defining what is sayable and not sayable is
getting truly suffocating. It's time -- past time -- for us to tell people
that they are free to say what they think and decide for themselves what they
consider important.<BR><BR>Rony Koven</FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000
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