In message <cakkt+fdleydt7jqvmvsruuh5ouhl4xvvpb1bbikscx5wocg...@mail.gmail.com> Wijdane Goubi <[email protected]> wrote:
>*He also plundered tens of thousands of IP addresses from RIPE and A few >years later sold to vodafone and earned millions of dollars. He is smart >and knows who should pay the money to. > >>Leo's statement here hints that this guy called Lu Heng has engaged in >some sort of bribing. How is this not personal attack defamation? I am forced to agree that Leo's second sentence, as quoted above, contitutes "casting aspersions" and in the absence of hard supporting evidence it was inappropriate, uncalled for, and contributed only heat and no light to the present discussion. I made the exact same sort of mistake myself, right here on this mailing list, back in 2016, and later publicly apologized for that. Perhaps that explains why I am less inclined that others to make a huge issue out of such utterances when they are made in the heat of the moment and without adequate thought. I think that it should be sufficient to politely ask Leo to retract that one sentence, to apologize, and then let it go at that. We already have more than enough wars to fight, tribal and otherwise, and we shouldn't be looking for reasons to start up new ones just based on this or that ill-considered statement that may be made by any of us during those times when our passions override our reason. Regards, rfg _______________________________________________ Community-Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss
