[kictanet] Breath in (x3), Edit, then send.

Fri Sep 14 14:49:49 EAT 2007

I must agree with Alex,

sometimes one does get quite heated-up online and unleashes
lines that if read by third parties sound quite on the
edge/offensive.  

Here's what I have learnt to do when i feel the blood
boiling in my throat and want to hit back.   I always
Breath in (x3), Edit the text, then send.  

As they often say - we may not agree on the issues, but can
at least agree to disagree diplomatically.

walu.
--- Alex Gakuru <alex.gakuru at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I know that I am usually hard hitting at my opposition
> discussants, but I am feel expressions used below are
> uncalled for no matter how opposed the writer's view
> is. 
>  
> --- Joseph Manthi <jmanthi at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Sean,
> > You of all people, a man living in England, reaping
> > wealth from the
> > ignorance of Africans, should not be making comments
> > like these. You
> > do not want Africans to realize what is going on. Do
> > not wake a
> > sleeping giant. It is high time we started taking
> > care of our own. Why
> > do you think that what SA is doing is "Rubbish"?
> > Doesn't this
> > honourable minister have the right to protect SA
> > assets from nyangaus
> > like you?
> > 
> > I wish every African government is like South Africa
> > where we can weed
> > off foreign ownership of African assets.
> > 
> > Bravo SA.
> > 
> > Joe
> > 
> > On 9/13/07, Sean Moroney <seanm at aitecafrica.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Yes, the security angle struck me as typical
> > Newspeak from a regime that can
> > > get away with rubbish like that where there is no
> > effective opposition. How
> > > like their Apartheid forebears they sound!
> > >
> > > Sean Moroney
> > > Chairman
> > > AITEC Africa
> > > seanm at aitecafrica.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From:
> >
>
kictanet-bounces+seanm=aitecafrica.com at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> > >
> >
>
[mailto:kictanet-bounces+seanm=aitecafrica.com at lists.kictanet.or.ke]
> > On
> > > Behalf Of Kai Wulff
> > > Sent: 12 September 2007 12:54
> > > To: seanm at aitecafrica.com
> > > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> > > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fwd: SV: [AfrISPA.Discuss]
> > Undersea cable
> > > plantangled in acrimony inSouth Africa
> > >
> > > I second that!
> > >
> > > It is comforting to know that SA will provide
> > security to Africa by
> > > insisting on a majority ownership of the cables!
> > >
> > > I am sure this attitude will change once Kenya
> > receives capacity @ less than
> > >
> > > USD 100,- per M ..
> > >
> > > Kai
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <bitange at jambo.co.ke>
> > > To: <kai.wulff at kdn.co.ke>
> > > Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions"
> > <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 14:44
> > > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fwd: SV: [AfrISPA.Discuss]
> > Undersea cable plan
> > > tangled in acrimony inSouth Africa
> > >
> > >
> > > I used to have a difficult time explaining to
> > fellow Kenyans that it was
> > > very difficult dealing with our brothers in SA
> > because at every meeting
> > > goal posts kept on shifting.  Perharps now
> > everybody understands that the
> > > veto power in the NEPAD protocol was a control
> > tool.  Below please find
> > > additional material.
> > >
> > > Ndemo.
> > >
> > >
> > > Cables require local ownership BY DAMARIA SENNE &
> > CHRISTELLE DU TOIT
> > > <mailto:damaria at itweb.co.za> [ Johannesburg, 10
> > September 2007 ]
> > >
> > > South Africa requires that all undersea cables
> > landing here be majority
> > > owned by South Africans, says communications
> > Minister Ivy
> > > Matsepe-Casaburri.
> > >
> > > Speaking at the Southern African
> > Telecommunications Networks and
> > > Applications Conference (Satnac) 2007, in
> > Mauritius, this morning,
> > > Matsepe-Casaburri said government was happy with
> > indications that
> > > investors plan to land cables in the country.
> > > However, she will soon announce new landing
> > guidelines that require that
> > > "all cables " landing in SA be majority owned by
> > South Africans, she said.
> > >
> > > The guidelines will also be consistent with SA's
> > foreign policy and take
> > > the security of the country, and the African
> > continent, into
> > > consideration, she said.
> > > "Every cable landing or leaving SA should
> > incorporate in it the Nepad [New
> > > Partnership for Africa's Development] Broadband
> > Infrastructure Network."
> > > Security measures are important, given the state
> > of our insecure world,
> > > she added.
> > >
> > > Matsepe-Casaburri said that she instructed Dep.of
> > Communications
> > > Dir-General Lyndall Shope-Mafole to propose the
> > landing guidelines to the
> > > Interim Inter-Governmental Assembly for
> > discussion. She also noted that
> > > her department studied the communications
> > regulations of other countries
> > > when drafting the landing guidelines, ensuring
> > they are consistent with
> > > international trends.
> > >
> > > Determination expected
> > > BMI-TechKnowledge senior analyst Richard Hurst
> > says the implications of
> > > the ownership stipulations are that "those who do
> > end up rolling out
> > > cables will have to do so via partnerships". He
> > cites Seacom and Neotel's
> > > interaction as an example of this, where "Neotel
> > basically would control
> > > the landing rights of Seacom in SA".
> > > According to Hurst, "government is trying to hedge
> > its bets", but the
> > > stipulations set out by the minister have
> > generally been expected. He says
> > > South African companies should benefit from the
> > directives, as should the
> > > consumer.
> > > "It should open up access to those cables and
> > bring prices down." He adds
> > > that, as the international community moves towards
> > always-on broadband, SA
> > > will also increasingly need high-speed capacity.
> > However he reiterates:
> > > "The more bandwidth we have, the better."
> > >
> > > Investor support
> > > Meanwhile, Matsepe-Casaburri said SA was convinced
> > it was on the right
> > > path to break away from the Eassy (Eastern Africa
> > Submarine Cable System)
> > > cable project and support the Nepad Broadband
> > Infrastructure Network, as
> > > well as initiating its own undersea cable systems.
> > >
> > > She said there was strong support from potential
> > investors in the Nepad
> > > Broadband  (?) Infrastructure Network. "Instead of
> > people running away
> > > from us, we have a lot of support from investors."
> > > SA and other African governments broke away from
> > the Eassy project because
> > > larger operators taking part in the initiative
> > bought such large
> > > quantities of capacity that there would never be
> > fair access for smaller
> > > operators, she noted.
> > >
> > > EASSY project was not in line with the Nepad
> > objective, which was to
> > > facilitate fair and open access for all telecoms
> > providers to lower the
> > > cost of telecoms on the continent, she said. She
> > noted that SA's
> > > Parliament had ratified the Nepad Broadband
> > Infrastructure Network
> 
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