[Chapter-delegates] Statement: The Internet Society on Egypt’s Internet shutdown

[Franck Martin]

Or they tell you a story to make you feel happy and stop pestering them. I have seen it before. As we say it is action that counts not words...

But anyhow, it is important to keep the dialogue, with whoever.

And it is always difficult to decide where is your best place to make the change: from inside and loose your soul in the process or from outside, keep your soul but not effective.

Franck Martin 
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Khaled KOUBAA" <khaled.koubaa at gmail.com>
To: chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org
Sent: Monday, 31 January, 2011 9:53:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] Statement: The Internet Society on Egypt’s Internet shutdown

Alex and Veni,
Just to give another perspective from the region.
Mr Kamel is indeed one of the Internet Leaders in our region and he has 
been very active at different level.
But let me explain you the reality in our region.
When you are a minister in our region that doesn't mean that you have 
the power of made things happened or changed.
The real policy regarding everything is driven by "security" paranoia 
that have been always the only principal that make dictators advisors in 
our region to manage everything from their level.
In Tunisia for example, I was in a very near relation with the 
ex-minister and people working at the ICT Ministry and they were aware 
about all the problems and censorship and they were at personal level 
against it but they enable to make any decision nor initiative because 
the President it self and his advisors have their teams that manage all 
this aspects.
Khaled