Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

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Unlike the previous matter of an individual who clearly engaged in threats and ad-homenem attacks, this appears perilously close to being an attempt to suppress a minority viewpoint.

There is a basic difference between preventing the expression of an opinion, idea or the like, versus preventing what is effectively a denial of service attack on the conduct of group business.
This difference is massive.

An organization like the IETF absolutely MUST encourage the former. But it cannot survive any sustained amount of the latter.
Yes, one can no doubt construct all sorts of scenarios that are in a gray area 
between the two.  Therefore any group that is concerned about permitting -- and 
even encouraging -- the former, needs to make any rules against the latter 
involve scaling a significant hurdle.  In other words, the excesses that 
constitute a "violation" need to be huge.
It is difficult to imagine any reasonable person looking at the particulars of 
the current case and having even the slightest doubt that things are far, far 
beyond any possible gray area.
d/

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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
<http://bbiw.net>

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