[30851] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ARIN Policy on IP-based Web Hosting
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Woodcock)
Thu Aug 31 19:18:42 2000
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 15:30:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bill Woodcock <woody@zocalo.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
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On Thu, 31 Aug 2000 dan@netrail.net wrote:
> In a democratic process, which ARIN is, refusal to participate in the
> voting process, when eligible, usually removes one's standing to complain.
I once heard that the derivation of the word "idiot" was from the
Greek word for someone who didn't participate in his own governance.
-Bill