J'espere que comme ca, on aura pu rendre une justice parfaite. Et il
faudrais que cela soit la derniere chance pour eviter une exclusion
definitive de a liste.

Le jeu. 25 févr. 2021 à 09:37, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ via Community-Discuss <
[email protected]> a écrit :

> Hi Ronald,
>
> The point is not that you agree with the removal of the message. The point
> is that it is censorship, and this community should not allow it, because
> then it means in the future anything else could be removed.
>
> This list is not to "satisfy" crazy laws in any country, whatever is the
> country.
>
> None of the RIRs communities are subjected to the laws of any country
> which imply restricting freedom of expression, and if we have the risk of
> being in that situation in any RIR, then that RIR should be away from that
> country.
>
> If I need to criticize the rules of Mauritius because they are outdated
> and illogic and restrict freedom of expression, then AFRINIC will need to
> censor me, then I will litigate with AFRINIC, no doubt on that and I will
> keep continue criticizing whatever I believe is wrong from blogs, articles,
> newspapers, or whatever is in my hand.
>
> As a consequence, it is totally ridiculous that AFRINIC tries to censor
> anyone, and we must not accept it.
>
> Regards,
> Jordi
> @jordipalet
>
>
>
> El 25/2/21 8:56, "Ronald F. Guilmette" <[email protected]> escribió:
>
>     In message <[email protected]>,
>     JORDI PALET MARTINEZ <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>     >Moreover, removing any posting from the mailing list archives is a
> clear
>     >attack to this community. This is called censorship. If AFRINIC, as an
>     >organization, is providing the service, it must be an open and
> transparent
>     >service, and that includes not making any kind of censorship.
>
>     I thank both Jordi and Mike Silber for their kind and constructive
>     comments.
>
>     I wish to say also that I personally am OK with having my prior
>     posting here scrubbed from the mailing list archives.  I understand
>     that there is some concern, well placed or not, within AFRINIC that
>     some of my comments may reflect badly on the organization itself and
>     might possibly have some effect on either the already ongoing
> litigation
>     or on potential future litigation... and I most certainly would not
>     desire anything that I have said, as a private citizen, to have any
>     negative effect upon AFRINIC's legal position.
>
>     After being duly informed that further contributions from me would be
>     moderated for a period of 30 days, I did some reading on this topic
>     of this legal offense known as "Scandalizing the Court".  I had to
>     educate myself about that, because we quite certainly have nothing
>     even remotely like that here in the U.S.
>
>     What I learned, among other things, is that such an offense continued
>     to exist, in England, Whales, and Scotland, until really quite
> recently,
>     i.e. the 2012-2013 time frame, but that since that time it has been
>     abolished in those judicial systems.  I also learned that this offense
>     continues to exist within many Commonwealth countries, apparently
>     including Mauritius.
>
>     It is not for me to opine on the question of whether my prior comments
>     do or do not satisfy all of the various legal elements of the crime of
>     "Scandalizing the Court", specifically as that crime is defined within
>     the legal system of Mauritius.  That question is most certainly not
>     within my area of expertise.  I would only offer the suggestion that
>     my prior comments may possibly not rise to the level of satisfying the
>     legal definition of that crime, and that even if they did, I would most
>     certainly plead for some mitigation and leniency at my sentencing,
>     based upon my ignorance of local law in this instance.  (And in any
>     event, as should be obvious, I cannot say that I am particularly
> worried
>     that Mauritian authorities would seek to have me extradited from the
>     U.S. to Mauritius, to face Mauritian justice for this particular crime,
>     and even if that remote possibility suddenly became probable, I might
>     simply choose to relocate myself to some national jurisdiction that
>     appears to be immune, at present, to such inter-national extradition
>     proceedings, e.g. someplace that appears on maps just to the left of
>     Kenya.)
>
>     With regards to my prior comments about individuals, I do apologize to
>     the community if any of these might have any effect on AFRINIC's legal
>     position.  It is my hope and belief that they should not and will not.
>     I speak only for myself.  Furthermore, I am quite certainly subject to
>     potential legal proceedings (e.g. for defamation) here in the United
>     States of America... by far the most litigious country on earth...  and
>     I am thus cautious in what I say and how I say it.  I have said no more
>     about individuals than I believe could be justified in open court,
> based
>     upon persuasive and abundant available hard evidence, much of which I
> have
>     already shared here.
>
>     Nontheless, I ask forgiveness from the community for my often
> intemperate
>     manner of speech, forgiveness which I hope will be forthcoming, given
> the
>     totality of the context.
>
>     I have sought, for well more than a year and a half now, simply to know
>     the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, at least with
>     respect to the corruption of the WHOIS data base.  Given this clear and
>     abiding quest, who among you can still be entirely unsympathetic to the
>     frustration that I feel, to still not know, even at this late date,
>     either how the data base came to be corrupted, or any of the
> particulars
>     about the one bit of actual litigation that has arisen from those
> still-
>     mysterious events.  My cup runneth over with a lack of information, and
>     after such an extended period of time in this state, I ask to be
> excused
>     for my more than ordinary lack of both temperance and patience.
>
>     That having been said, I accept without reservation the actions taken
>     in response to my recent comments, including both the removal of
>     inflamatory (and perhaps prejuduicial) postings of mine from the
> archives
>     as well as a 30-day moderation period.  I take no personal offense at
>     these actions, and they seem to me to be commensurate and proportional
>     responses.  I say this knowing, as I do, that as a citizen of the
>     United States, I am generally free to be more vocal in my defense of
>     AFRINIC and its interests, against both foreign interlopers and any
>     possible lethargy on the part of the local judiciary than AFRINIC
>     itself could prudently be.  I only hope that my unconstrained opinions
>     will be properly attributed to me alone.  If AFRINIC finds it either
>     necessary or convenient to take actions to further clarify the crisp
>     dividing line between itself and me, then I am perfectly OK with that.
>
>     Regards,
>     rfg
>
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