[ripe-list] Russia

The problem in the sovereign nation of Ukraine which is created by the
Russian leader (I refuse to believe that the majority of Russians stand
behind this war) is basically the same as all the other BIG worldwide
problems.

Individuals have the power to make decisions that have an impact on others
(think about the current Russian leader, but also governments, kingdoms,
churches etc.).
Most of us all want the same thing and that is to pass on a good live to
those next to u like for example your children.

Humans will have to start acting as one instead of acting as Russians,
Ukrainians, Europeans, Chinese, Americans and all the other territorial
groups/countries etc.

Without acting as one, mankind is basically doomed!

The world can be a better place, but to get back at your question, RIPE
isn't capable of interferring with the war (this problem is to big for a
single organisation).

The only thing we all can do is look at your local leaders and kick their
arses for not solving the above.
The problems are getting worser by the minute and leaders only try to keep
the problems outside of their borders.

We shouldn't wanna have leaders like that and I surely don't want any
borders at all since that creates the "It's not my problem answer" and in
turn that makes it impossible to solve certain big problems like
overpopulating, the fight for land and resources etc etc.

We need a good code to live by instead of individuals that have the power to
tell how things are going to be.

We all should remember that we come into this world with nothing and we also
leave with nothing, but we leave behind a mess for those that stay behind
when we have left!

Is that what u all want for your children?

I'm sorry if this is a bit off-topic but it's still all about abuse!

Kind regards,

Jeroen

-----Original Message-----
From: ripe-list <ripe-list-bounces at ripe.net> On Behalf Of Ronald F.
Guilmette
Sent: zondag 14 augustus 2022 00:02
To: ripe-list at ripe.net
Subject: [ripe-list] Russia

An interesting observation, and a question:

Nearly six months ago now, on February 24th of this year, Russia began a
"special military operation" against the sovereign nation of Ukraine.
Since that time, fully three quarters of the member nations of the United
Nations voted to condemn this unprovoked military action, and numerous
nations in both Europe and all around the world have adopted extreme
sanctions against Russia in response it its actions in Ukraine.
These sanctions cover the gamut of economically important trade relations,
including energy, banking, and high-technology goods.

Despite all of the foregoing, I have just checked the archives for this
mailing list for the past six months and it appears that in all of these
past six months there has not even been so much as a single mention of
Russia or the Ukraine War, or the ongoing threats coming out of Russia
against NATO nations, EU nations, and European nations generally.

Why?

Are all members of the Internet community in the RIPE region so reluncant to
even mention the word "Russia" because you all hope to just keep doing
business as usual, even as Europe is plunged into the most destructive and
deadly military conflict since the Second World War?  Are all of you so
completely focused on your bottom lines that you can turn a blind eye to the
daily slaughter of innocent civilians, including children, in Ukraine?

To put it another way:  What exactly *is* the excuse of the RIPE region
membership as it does its level best to pretend that there isn't even a
European war going on?

The best analogy I can think of is the Swiss during the NAZI era.  It
appears that, As long as the gold keeps coming in, everybody's happy.


Regards,
rfg


P.S.  I fully expect this post will be censored, because apparently nobody
in Europe wants to even talk about all of the helpful network
interconnections that are being supplied by EU/NATO nations to Russia, even
after six months of unprovoked carnage and more than 10,000 Ukrainian's dead
and 10 million displaced.  That's OK.  The European Internet community can
continue to pretend that nothing has happened, and go on with business as
usual, but the world knows better, and history will not forget the
self-serving cowardice of the RIPE community in this time of deadly
conflict.

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