<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Dear Paschal,</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">I agree with your sentiment (not the sanctimonious bit). </span><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">On the other hand, clearly you missed the ‘for giggles’. Some nations drop nuclear bombs on perceived traitors, our forefathers used arrows, poisons, and public floggings as a deterrent for treachery.</span><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Now on a serious note - for clarity, AM NOT calling/advocating for violence of any kind (physical or verbal) against any member. </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">But burying our heads in the sand and believing the greed and desire to make a quick buck will magically disappear is wishful thinking on anyone’s part. We already have one ‘member' blatantly suing AFRINIC (and by extension the AFRINIC community) yet they are in clear violation of the purpose for which they were allocated number resources.</span><br class=""><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Additionally, changing the original subject of the thread in an attempt to disparage a member is not only morally bankrupt but a violation of the CoC. Shine your self-righteous torch on that.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">It is a privilege for the region that AFRINIC exists in the first place. The number resources managed by AFRINIC are positively changing the lives of engineers on the continent (Kudos to all the members using the number resources to deploy infrastructure and services in the region ). I know a number of people comfortably feeding their families simply because they know how to configure and route an IP address. </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Some amongst us continue to present false narratives on the RPD and twist the CPM language in a bid to prop up their AFRNIC crippling and resource grabbing policies. Is it not each member's responsibility to fight this in order to ensure that the masses within the region actually benefit from the scarce resources allocated to our RIR? </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Regards,</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Murungi Daniel</span></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 5, 2021, at 11:07 AM, Paschal Ochang <<a href="mailto:pascosoft@gmail.com" class="">pascosoft@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">While we may have different views or disagreements, keeping the discussion civil is important. Your rethorics of violence, war and dirty expressions does not sit down well in this discussion and does not promote a healthy atmosphere. There are various ways you can probably show support or defend Noah. Toeing your line for me is not morally sound. <br class=""><br class="">On Monday, July 5, 2021, Murungi Daniel via RPD <<a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net" class="">rpd@afrinic.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space" class=""><span style="font-size:14px" class="">Dear Noah,</span><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class="">But its safe to say that we indeed have bad actors amongst us within the ecosystem who are purporting to be saviors of AFRICA while scarvanging on the very small scarce number resources this region was afforded by IANA to help advance Internet Infrastructure in Africa.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Cheers</div><div dir="auto" class="">Noah</div><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class=""><span style="font-size:14px" class="">Well stated. For some unknown reason, many are conveniently forgetting that AFRINIC got the cigarette butt of number resources from IANA. </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size:14px" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size:14px" class="">There is an increasing number of wolves in sheep’s clothing embedded within our community. Evidence of this is support for bogus self serving transfer policies and the push to directly monetize number resources versus using them as building blocks for innovation and service delivery as intended.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size:14px" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size:14px" class="">It is our duty to sift them like the chaff they are. Thereafter, for giggles, we can burn them on stakes and shoot arrows into them Apocalypto style.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size:14px" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size:14px" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size:14px" class="">Regards,</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size:14px" class="">Murungi Daniel</span></div></div></blockquote><br class=""><br class="">-- <br class="">Kind regards, <p class="">Paschal.<br class=""></p>
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