On Sun, Mar 6, 2022, 12:36 PM Chase Peeler <chasepee...@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Mar 6, 2022 at 3:23 PM Kris Craig <kris.cr...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Sun, Mar 6, 2022, 10:17 AM Victor Bolshov <crocodil...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> > On Sat, Mar 5, 2022 at 14:26, Kris Craig <kris.cr...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > Specifically, I would direct this question to Pierre and Viktor: Do you
>> > believe that "Arrest Dictator Putin" is appropriate for the PHP
>> homepage?
>> >
>> >
>> > As a Russian who fled his country because of arising concerns over Mr.
>> > Putin's regime, I find any words against him, appropriate. I'm a
>> pacifist
>> > but I probably would try to kill him if I was given a chance.
>> >
>> > Speaking about how appropriate "Arrest Putin" would be *on the PHP home
>> > page*, I'd say no, because I see how many different people have gathered
>> > here. We see that even Ukranian flag on PHP homepage is going to cause
>> > tensions (what about Iraq & Viet Nam?).
>> >
>> > Starting this discussion, I had in mind the "sanity again madness"
>> > mentality. I even feel sorry now for how this thread brings so many
>> > disagreements and sol little compromise, so many emotions and so little
>> > reason. I still think though that in times like this, stating something
>> > like "PHP is against war" is very timely, and it is something we can
>> agree
>> > to, without destroying any connections within community.
>> >
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>> +1 for a banner that says "PHP is against war".  I would have absolutely
>> no
>> objection to that one.
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> As Iโ€™ve said before, I would have a problem with this. War is terrible and
> should be avoided at all costs. However, there are times it is justified.
> --
> Chase Peeler
> chasepee...@gmail.com
>

In that case, I think we should scrap this idea altogether.  I mean, if we
can't even agree that war (i.e. institutionalized mass murder) is a bad
thing, then there's no statement we could make on this that wouldn't divide
our community.

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