RE: [gnso-vi-feb10] Group on documenting "harms"

[Milton L Mueller <mueller@xxxxxxx>]

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> The degree of harm is unrelated to the
> percentage of ownership and control.

Some people think it is and some people think it isn't. That's exactly my 
point. Most of the debate about levels of cross ownership or VI permissions is 
about what kind of harms or risks are associated with each option. We cannot 
discuss harms in isolation from those options. 

It is logically impossible for anyone to contend that all proposals (including 
the status quo?) create the exact same risk of the exact same harms. If that is 
true, then it doesn't matter which proposal we adopt, does it? 

Anyway, at this point all I care about is that we not create a separate list. I 
already am forced to populate about 20 different ICANN lists. My main point was 
that we cannot detach the discussion of harms from the discussion of proposals 
and compliance. The "harms" discussion is so central that everyone wants to be 
in on it. It seems that many others agree, so I hope that issue is settled. 

--MM