Michael and all, Is this suppose to be surprising? After all isn't this the attitude of what "Authoritative" is supposed to be? Aren't all RIR's always right, and therefore omnipotent? How could anyone DARE question even in the slightest way, on any issue, or response to a question, unless they were irreverent, irresponsible, disrespectful, disruptive, or even insane? >:) michael.dillon@bt.com wrote:
The invitation goes to the ripe announcement list. One of them had the following headers...:
This message illustrates a disturbing trend with RIPE. People associated with RIPE, either the NCC or otherwise, seem to always assume that RIPE is right, and the LIR is wrong. Then they write an email that demonstrates to a careful reader, that RIPE is wrong or confused or too lazy to take the time to read the original email.
--Michael Dillon
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