> Normally, it is the Germans who see the potential problems of some > innovation and run around preventing things from happening because > something *could* go wrong. > We even have a common word for that stereotype that is so widely spread in > Germany, the “Bedenkenträger” (= “bearer of concerns”). The service of bringing concerns is mainly what IETF offers. Each call for consensus, each draft, each Request For Comments is asking for more concerns. Rough consensus is that "there are no more significant, unaddressed concerns". Being "Bedenkenträger" Is what we're here for.