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I don't get it -- this attack on Bertrand de la Chapelle, who, as far as I can see, spends all his waking (and probably his sleeping) hours working on CS concerns. Anyone who's not impoverished and living in a hut without running water and electricity is apparently disqualified as a "legitimate" member of civil society.<BR>
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The people and groups following WSIS are hardly the end-all and be-all of the world's civil society. It also includes Bad Guys like the Ku Klux Klan and the Don Cossacks, not just Good Guys like our small band of brothers and sisters whpo gather in Geneva and Tunis. <BR>
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It's fine to raise everyone up. But to do that, do we have to push down anyone who isn't already down ?<BR>
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Rony Koven</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2"></FONT></HTML>