On Fri, Jul 03, 2020 at 05:45:22PM +0000, Jordan Brown wrote: > On 7/3/2020 6:03 AM, Marc Roos wrote: > > Also hypocrite of Akamai, looking at the composition of the executive team. > > I think it's pretty clear that Rich was speaking as himself, not as a > representative of Akamai. Hi Jordan, It's pretty clear that Rich was insinuating that the OMC are a bunch of racists, and that they should be canceled. He didn't _say_ it, but strongly implied it, or at least that was the message received by some. It's fair to suppose it was the intended message. And Rich specifically referred to his employer, not in his signature as you refer to yours, but in the text of his post. No, Rich did not say his words and actions represent Akamai, but still, he referred to Akamai specifically. More about this below. The OMC is staffed by real people, with real families, and the disagreement here did not rise to the point where one should dox the OMC members and imply that their employers should terminate their employment. They do not deserve what Rich implies. I know one of them well, one who voted against Rich's PR, and I assure you he's no racist. Rich didn't care to be polite. No! He meant to _provoke_, and not just replies like Marc's, but actual action against the OMC's members. I won't call out Akamai on account of Rich's behavior because I don't want to do what he did, but I don't blame anyone else for doing it -- Rich made it fair game by doing it first. But we must call out behavior like Rich's -- it's simply not acceptable. Nico --
