[gnso-rpm-wg] TMCH data on abandonment

[George Kirikos]

Hi folks,

On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 10:28 AM, J. Scott Evans via gnso-rpm-wg
<gnso-rpm-wg at icann.org> wrote:
> Brain. Point taken. I don’t mean to be flippant. That said, I am growing increasing tired of there always being a negative inference from behaviors from those that are overall hostile to RPMs in general. My point is that as a proponent of RPMs and someone who worked diligently for over 9 months to come up with these RPMs that the abandonment rate does not automatically indicate that the system is not working as intended.

That doesn't make any sense at all to me. A few minutes ago, I quoted
from point #1 of the email at:

http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/gnso-rpm-wg/2017-May/001949.html

Let me now quote from #2:

2.       "Please be civil to your fellow members and ****try to focus
any criticisms on the substance of a proposal or assertion and not on
the person who made it.****"

(emphasis added)

Instead of addressing the *assertion*, you attack those who make the
points, stating "a negative inference from behaviors from those that
are overall hostile to RPMs in general."

Here's a startling fact: one can be against cybersquatting, but also
be against bad policies that attempt to address it. So, don't assume
"hostility" towards a certain policy isn't justified, and attempt to
misdirect things by focusing on the person making the post, rather
than the substance.

To compound that, you then write "as a proponent of RPMs and someone
who worked diligently for over 9 months to come up with these RPMs"
--- why does that even matter? That's the other side of the coin, so
to speak, of point #2, focusing on who is making the assertion and
attempting to give it more weight. I would suggest that indeed, the
people who were the architects of the plans might be the last people
who should be reviewing it, as it is inherently biased. Read this as
"I reviewed my own work, and found it to be amazing." How credible is
that?

Sincerely,

George Kirikos
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