On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Noel Chiappa wrote: > > From: Brian E Carpenter <brc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > To put it bluntly, you and some others have changed the topic to: we > > don't like RFC 3683. > > I must admit a certain amount of bemusement at the current debate, since the > IETF list has, historically (although not in the last couple of years, IIRC) > lifted for long periods of time the posting rights of certain problematic > posters, and the sky didn't fall. > > I (and I suspect others) view the current free-speech-at-any-cost idea as > just one more sign of the decay of the IETF as a body which actually does > useful stuff. I don't know if they are related, but your point seems very valid to me. IOW, from watching and reading over many years, the recent (2?) years seems like a "crying" wish to get back to a successful IETF, back to its hayday (or glory days), instead of what it has become lately. -- ~Randy _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf