Thank you, Hakimi :) I don't think anyone in this thread seriously thinks I'm a racist. There is just a certain type of person who thinks they can get what they want by throwing false accusations.
These people are toxic and I have zero tolerance for them. They're bullies and like most bullies - they're cowards who run away when someone stands up to them. I think more and more people are slowly learning this. Thank you again for your support. On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 10:26 AM Hakimi Abdul Jabar < hakimibinabduljabar1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ladies & Gentlemen, > > I've been working on FREENET dev etc. for more than 2 DECADES ever since > Ian bravely made the Project objectives close to our hearts and minds. > > For more than 2 Decades now, I have never seen any racist remark from the > Founder-Developer, Ian Clarke on the dev platform and on Facebook and any > other socmedia. > > We've got numerous contributors of ethnic background right here and racial > overtones are Non-Existent. Thanks partly to Ian. We NEVER see Ian > discriminatively making remarks or by prejudicial actions that borders on > Racism for more than 20 years now. > > Let us continue with the same spirit of camaraderie and eager anticipation > that have been pushing us into the doors of success. I still have the same > passion for Freenet ever since I graduated with my law degree from Univ. of > Wolverhampton in 1998 and was studying to be a full-fledged lawyer. Ian > who had graduated from varsity around the same time who had came out with > this wonderful and yet fanciful IDEA is amazing! LMAO > > Just remember this most important fact! Unlike the PayPal and Google devs, > we're not Billionaires! Hahahahaha! > > For FREENET fellas! > > On Mon, 23 Jan 2023 at 01:09, Ian Clarke <i...@freenet.org> wrote: > >> Only a midwit idiot would think that remark was racist, particularly one >> who brought racism into the conversation in the first place. >> >> I thought it was funny, and that's all that matters. If you don't like >> it, I suggest you touch grass. >> >> I'm going to start blocking you idiots. >> >> On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 9:38 AM craig mcgee < >> craig.mc...@guilt-management.org.uk> wrote: >> >>> I have to admit I was confused by the statement Ian made. Joke or not, >>> it wasn't funny. >>> but this is as far as I will go on the matter as I don't wish to get >>> involved in the freenet dispute. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> *From:* Russell Glenn <rusgl...@swismail.com> >>> *To:* devl@freenetproject.org >>> *Sent:* Sunday, January 22, 2023 3:33 PM >>> *Subject:* Racist statement of Ian Clarke on this list >>> >>> Mr. Ian Clarke, >>> >>> when discussing your acquisition of a secondary domain, >>> "freenet.org", for your highly controversial unilateral decision >>> to rewrite the Freenet Project which has always been hosted >>> on "freenetproject.org", you said the following: >>> >>> > Yeah, all of the provocatively racist domain names were taken anyway. >>> >>> Notice that this is a VERBATIM quote, and the email of yours did >>> not contain ANY other content, nothing to reduce the gravity of >>> this statement; the gravity of which cannot be reduced anyway. >>> Proof: >>> https://www.mail-archive.com/devl@freenetproject.org/msg55336.html >>> >>> As a black person, but not only as such, I inform you that racism >>> is NOT tolerable by any means whatsoever on this planet and will >>> NEVER be. >>> >>> And before you attempt to dismiss this as a joke: >>> Millions of people died due to racism. >>> You, especially as a white person, are not entitled to joke about that. >>> Nobody is. >>> >>> And this piles onto the provable falsehoods and other insults you have >>> produced on this list in the previous days. >>> >>> Therefore, it is my duty to join the ranks of people who request >>> you to: >>> * immediately step down as leader of the Freenet Project and >>> * leave its board and >>> * transfer ownership of the domains to the Freenet developer team and >>> * transfer ownership of all other related accounts and >>> * cease to use the name "Freenet" for any of your new projects. >>> >>> Racists, or those who joke about racism, do not belong into positions >>> where power is wielded. >>> >>> As you have failed to prove that the board of the project is still >>> constructed of active members of the community, >>> and not of those who have been inactive for decades as Mr. Daigniere >>> stated, >>> I join those who request leadership is transferred to the >>> leading developer. >>> To my knowledge, this is Mr. Babenhauserheide. >>> >>> Should he not accept the position, I would vouch for the previous lead >>> developer Mr. Dougherty, or anyone of the choice of the two. >>> >>> Finally, I urgently implore anyone who reads this email to state >>> their support. We must stand united against racism. >>> >>> - Russell Glenn >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Ian Clarke >> Founder, The Freenet Project >> Email: i...@freenet.org <i...@freenetproject.org> >> > -- Ian Clarke Founder, The Freenet Project Email: i...@freenet.org <i...@freenetproject.org>
