Re: "An open letter" signed by some IAB members

Alessandro Vesely <vesely@tana.it> Wed, 20 November 2019 09:05 UTC

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Subject: Re: "An open letter" signed by some IAB members
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On Tue 19/Nov/2019 07:42:04 +0100 Barry Leiba wrote:
> - I’m NOT talking about the content of the message and whether I do or
> don’t agree with it.  That’s not the point.  I hope that as we discuss
> this we do NOT go into the content, the politics, and so on.  Let’s
> please keep this highly charged issue out of IETF discussions.


I'd guess if it had been child porn, then people would have wanted Ted out of
the IAB, whether he had mentioned "IAB" in the signature or not.  How come we
prioritize form over substance only when the substance is good?


Best
Ale