Rad, well said.

You cant brush aside a platform that raises issues in a network, in the name of "negativity". If there were no NW issues at safaricom, that site would not exist.

ilovesafaricom.co.ke anyone?

Regards,

Tito

On 20 May 2011 10:35, King'ori Gitahi <kingorigitahi@ovi.com> wrote:

Very Cool RAD!

Democracy=Majority must have their way, but the minority must have their say.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

Nelson Mandela

From: Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com>

To: Skunkworks Mailing List <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>

Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 8:40 AM

Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] http://www.safaricon.co.ke/ Guys check this out

Thanks @Rad! for speaking volumes I would have wanted to say.
Reminds me of Evelyn Beatrice Hall "I disapprove of what you say, but
I will defend to the death your right to say it,"

./Ok3ch

On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com> wrote:
> This negative energy argument mystifies me. I believe the constitution
> entitles everyone to freedom of speech. These people find Safaricom
> objectionable and are expressing themselves. It came across to me as a
> mixture of a parody and a forum for aggrieved customers to share.
>
> Safaricom has every right to take them to court if they feel the site
> slanders them. If they have in any way broken the law let the full
> force of the law take it's course.
>
> I find the idea that Safaricom is somehow sacred because it is a big
> company and we have shares in it ludicrous.
>
> I would not mind if it was shut down because it was found to be illegal.
>
> But 'negative energy'? No.
>
> There is no law that says we must be 'positive'. We must be mature
> enough to be able to take positive criticism in out stride. We must
> also be able to shrug off unwarranted criticism. Time is very kind to
> the truth and does not need our assistance.
>
> That's the thing with democracy. You might find others' ideas
> objectionable but you'd better fight for their right to express them.
> Or one day your own will be classifies as 'negative energy', an excuse
> might i remind that dictators are fond of when dealing with dissent.
>
> Give thanks to the Jaramogis and Shikukus of this world who refused to
> toe the line of 'non negativity' and opened the doors to multiparty
> democracy.
>
> On Friday, May 20, 2011, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Ok3, its not a question of loving or hating a company its a question
>> of culture, if you are dissatisfied with a company take it to court,
>> we don't need this kind of negative energy when we are building
>> foundations of our economy, let's be objective there is the letter of
>> the law and the spirit, let's uphold the spirit.
>>
>> On 5/20/11, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Who gives anyone the right to decide what the owner of the domain
>>> intends to do with it - if you think its malice, thats your issue, not
>>> the owners. I think Mich has pointed out everything in the way it
>>> should be. If you love SafferingCon, please know that there are
>>> millions of others who hate it and they have a right to their own
>>> opinion.
>>>
>>> ./Ok3ch
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 8:20 PM, amanya <whynnot@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> a whois query shows the domain as active, this could have little to do
>>>> with
>>>> Kenic
>>>>
>>>> ++++++
>>>> there's an app for that :-p
>>>>
>>>> On May 19, 2011 7:02 PM, "Barrack Otieno" <otieno.barrack@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> @ Mich well said but in this case the intention is clear, smells Malice.
>>>>> Cheers!
>>>>>
>>>>> On 5/19/11, Michuki Mwangi <michuki.mwangi@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 5/19/11 5:15 PM, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd wrote:
>>>>>>> Does this mean that KeNic can be arm twisted into DE-registering
>>>>>>> account of another company. Minch what is the true position on this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I dont know what the current dispute resolution policy says - hence it
>>>>>> would probably require legal interpretation.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> IMHO www.safaricon.co.ke is not safaricom.co.ke hence the issue of
>>>>>> registration "in bad faith" would only come into play if they were
>>>>>> using the said content on a domain like safaricom.or.ke or something
>>>>>> similar to safaricom.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do you remember the story of www.whitehouse.gov, whitehouse.org and
>>>>>> www.whitehouse.gov?. If not http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehouse.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> IMHO, where the name is different that cannot be interpreted to be in
>>>>>> bad faith since the domain or the name safaricon doesnt belong to them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In other words, the same folks can go and register a domain with a
>>>>>> completely different name and still achieve the same objectives. KENIC
>>>>>> would have no grounds to shut them down. So if the posting is correct,
>>>>>> they are likely going to go to an TLD outside Kenya (see above
>>>>>> whitehouse.gov story) so it would be a different level of engagement for
>>>>>> Safaricom when someone registers safaricon.com which as we speak is open
>>>>>> for registration! :|
>>>>>>
>>>>>> KENIC are likely to open a pandora's box because it means anyone who
>>>>>> registers a name in future like safaricom.or.ke or safaricon.or.ke will
>>>>>> likely have a problem too. wont they?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> my 2 cents!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Michuki.
>>>>>>
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