On 30/05/2018 04:47, it was written:
Well, many people. let me start with myself: You claim that my opinions are rubbish and you compare my opinions to those same people (Fox/Republicans) whom:
violently take babies away from mommies - yes, at a border Americans grab little babies from the hands of their mothers and take the mommy and the little baby to different "detention" facilities.
I have been following this thread with great interest, and have found points I find persuasive and unpersuasive on both sides. It could be said that the thread is wandering off into unproductive theorising, but in the circumstances of the advent of GDPR, whether public WHOIS really is a necessary or important component of anti-abuse activities seems a broad topic worth debating fully. Some light has even been shed on GDPR's meaning. I also consider myself highly tolerant of passionate and occasionally intemperate comments. It seems to me that it is better to have it out, and to show the respect of tolerating less well mannered arguments, than to try to aggressively police language and so exclude many people from full participation in the debate. Usually those that go over the top do more harm to their own case than to others, and that has been how I have reacted to some of the comments in this thread. But can we please leave out accusations that your political opponents abduct babies? That surely crosses the line. The trope is, at least, Older Than Feudalism, and very likely Older Than Dirt, and as always raising it serves no purpose other than to demonise one group of people and to smear another by association, thereby shutting down the conversation. It's not an argument, it's a transparent attempt to exclude. Please stop. More generally, I believe this discussion would be improved if people stopped throwing around terms like "European" and "Republican" as though they are terms of abuse. Our community is, and should be, open to all. Regards, Malcolm. -- Malcolm Hutty | tel: +44 20 7645 3523 Head of Public Affairs | Read the LINX Public Affairs blog London Internet Exchange | http://publicaffairs.linx.net/ London Internet Exchange Ltd Monument Place, 24 Monument Street London EC3R 8AJ Company Registered in England No. 3137929 Trinity Court, Trinity Street, Peterborough PE1 1DA