Usenet
RFD: talk.better.world
La proposta originale, pubblicata su Usenet il 20 febbraio 2001, per creare il newsgroup talk.better.world, un luogo dove parlare di un mondo migliore. Il testo è riportato in inglese, così come fu pubblicato.The original proposal, posted to Usenet on 20 February 2001, to create the newsgroup talk.better.world, a place to talk about a better world.
REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
unmoderated group talk.better.world
This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of a world-wide unmoderated Usenet newsgroup talk.better.world. This is not a Call for Votes (CFV); you cannot vote at this time. Procedural details are below.
Newsgroup line: Talking about a better world.
Rationale: talk.better.world
Every year on our planet millions of children die of hunger, or of diseases that existing medicines, if available to them, could cure; whole nations suffer the effects of famine; a third of the earth’s population has insufficient food to provide adequate sustenance and all this in a world that has the resources to feed over six billion people. The problem would seem to have more to do with organization, and hence politics, than with any real shortage of food. 10 percent of the world’s population owns almost 90 percent of its total wealth. Hundreds of millions of people work for less than one dollar a day. And the jobless number over a billion.
Although we now live in a time of “peace”, across the globe fifty different wars are being waged; in many countries capital punishment still exists for crimes of ideology, in many others people are condemned without a proper trial, tens of governments are openly dictatorial, in countless nations there is racial, political, ethnic or religious persecution (twenty million people are refugees), minorities are without civil rights, freedom of speech is something many individuals can only dream of.
The extinction of species of animal life, global warming, uncontrolled deforestation, advancing deserts (a quarter of the world’s population lacks sufficient water), toxic waste disposal; the risks inherent in nuclear energy and in unregulated exploitation of the earth’s resources, frequently attributable to the interests of multinationals; the dangers implicit in genetic engineering, organized crime, tax havens, political corruption. I believe these issues touch each and every one of us. And yet our political leaders do not always show concern for solving the problems of the community, on account of the enormous private interests of powerful lobbies.
Charter: talk.better.world
The purpose of this newsgroup is to provide every individual with an opportunity to make his or her voice heard, since I regard newsgroups as the only means by which people can express their opinions in public without their views being “filtered” in some way (i.e. by the media). Are human beings satisfied with the world they live in? Will man ever succeed in solving problems of this kind? Is it possible that things will ever change? Can things ever get better? Will humankind ever be able to put an end to the present sorry state of our planet? And let’s not forget – what’s more – that all this is happening in the third millennium, in the era of so-called “technological progress” and “prosperity”.
Are we (or the persons who represent us politically) doing everything possible for our less fortunate fellowmen? talk.better.world sets out to offer a meeting point for all those people who firmly believe solutions can be found for these problems. It is a forum for everyone who is convinced that the blame is very often to be attributed to bad organization and to the lack of political co-operation between nations, rather than to human beings’ indifference. It is a platform for people who are also aware that man has the means and knowledge to tackle these issues, in order that life on this earth may one day be better for everyone.
Any topic related to achieving improvements in the critical areas listed in this charter can be discussed in this newsgroup. It will also welcome contributions from users living in places affected by the issues addressed since they will be able to provide first-hand information about all the problems experienced in their own local context. Because I firmly believe that in this era of “globalization” – but also of the “global village” – these problems concern all of us, irrespective of nationality or borders.
Will the Internet ever become a means for changing the world or will it be nothing more than a means of access to a new, global market built solely for people with the money to take advantage of it?
END CHARTER.
Procedure
This is a request for discussion, not a call for votes. In this phase of the process, any potential problems with the proposed newsgroups should be raised and resolved. The discussion period will continue for a minimum of 21 days (starting when the first RFD for this proposal is posted to news.announce.newgroups), after which a Call For Votes (CFV) may be posted by a neutral vote taker if the discussion warrants it. Please do not attempt to vote until this happens.
All discussion of the proposal should be posted to news.groups.
This RFD attempts to comply fully with the Usenet newsgroup creation guidelines outlined in “How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup” and “How to Format and Submit a New Group Proposal”. Please refer to these documents (available in news.announce.newgroups) if you have any questions about the process.
Distribution
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups
Proponent: Giovanni Greco
Il messaggio originale su Google GroupsThe original post on Google Groups