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Re: [Last-Call] On satire, sarcasm, etc (was: Re: Last Call: BCP 83 PR-Action Against Dan Harkins)

Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com> Thu, 27 October 2022 15:09 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Last-Call] On satire, sarcasm, etc (was: Re: Last Call: BCP 83 PR-Action Against Dan Harkins)
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On 10/27/22 09:36, Bron Gondwana wrote:

> The IETF choses to do its work in English, though that choice is 
> likewise not more "justified" than other choices, it's just  what the 
> majority likes.  And we can likewise, as the IETF, choose to use a 
> subset of English forms of communication, such that our style is most 
> widely understood, and least likely to be misunderstood.

Yes, we (the community) can make that choice.   But we have not (yet?) 
made that choice, so it's currently unreasonable to sanction people for 
using such techniques.

(And if we do make that choice, the decision won't be made on this list.)

Keith

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