I agree with you SM, politics and considering countries names in that way, that is out of scope of IETF. Comments below,
AB On 9/8/13, SM <s...@resistor.net> wrote: > At 07:07 08-09-2013, Jorge Amodio wrote: >>You mean like Pakistan, Iran, Libya, Syria, Saudi Arabia .... > > There were people from Pakistan who participated in the IETF. I > recall an email exchange where a person from that country received an > unpleasant comment from someone who is part of the IETF "leadership". That is rude behavior, which I may experienced in IETF. > > In my opinion a discussion about Country X or Country Y would take > the thread downhill. It can also have a chilling effect. I totally agree, by having more participants from all world's countries, makes the IETF more diverse, and by silence to such rude behavior means we are welcoming less diversity. > > At 05:14 08-09-2013, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: >>Another worrying aspect of [censored] is that it is named >>after[censored]. They seem to be looking to make [censored] out of >>us. They certainly seem to be endorsing [censored]. What should we >>think if the [censored] had a similar program codenamed [censored]? > > It would not look good. It is not good behavior if IETF just watches lists and does not make mentoring to its participants old/new comers. AB > > Regards, > -sm > >
