Re: Effective discourse in the IETF

Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com> Fri, 05 July 2019 17:46 UTC

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From: Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com>
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Subject: Re: Effective discourse in the IETF
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2019 13:46:51 -0400
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Cc: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>, Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com>, IETF Rinse Repeat <ietf@ietf.org>
To: Eric Gray <eric.gray@ericsson.com>
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On Jul 5, 2019, at 1:39 PM, Eric Gray <eric.gray@ericsson.com> wrote:
> If I feel sure that I am wrong, I would think about the question further before adding to the inevitable noise.

Exactly.   And if further thinking didn’t help to resolve the dissonance, you might even ask questions! :)