Even a simple sign of solidarity against the war is important, if this
is something community can agree to, without having to fall into mutual
hatred.
I personally would love to see a clear support for Ukraine, but if that
will be causing endless debate I would give up on this in favor of a
general anti-war statement, at least until it is clear to the vast
majority of smart people here that Putin is a threat for humanity and
civilization, and I am NOT exaggerating. Ukraine is currently the
civilized world's outpost that is giving their lives to oppose madness
and chaos.
On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 10:31, Sergey Panteleev <ser...@s-panteleev.ru>
wrote:
Hey all,
I'd like to add my 2c:
I agree that php.net is not the right place to express our personal
citizenship.
It's better to use Twitter, Facebook, or another social network for
these purposes.
If you believe that the PHP community is obliged to show solidarity
on the php.net,
and not every person personally,
I suggest that instead of a banner we release a News on the main page.
Why is this important? There are a lot of PHP developers in Russia.
A lot of them, sadly, have been brainwashed by Putin's propaganda.
They still must have a lot of respect to PHP authors and creators.
Seeing that these people, who have their respect, are against the
war and for the freedom of Ukraine, might have an impact.
I can not answer for all Russian developers, but I can judge by
myself and my social circle:
we're against the war, "military operation" or any other aggression,
whatever you want to call it.
Also, colleagues from the IT industry have drafted an open letter to
the national government [1-2].
In addition to highlighting the problem, we can also add these links:
in this case, developers from Russia will see, that not only people,
who have their respect do not support the war, but also their fellow
countrymen.
[1]
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rSmclqedrhTASIsyXLOz39pU0WzV8b443au9X88Lx_c/edit>
[2]
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jBJPwCkR6UfTF_6KnU6m5w3ViDj4076r_Bvd88UwCKg/edit>
—
wbr,
Sergey Panteleev
