On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 3:31 AM Victor Bolshov <crocodil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello internals. > > In these dark days for humanity, we as people of civilization, people > of sanity, kind and caring people with children and families - we have > to speak up, loud and clear, in support for Ukraine. To stop Russian > aggression. > > I suggest to add Ukranian flag and a supportive anti-war disclaimer to > the header of php.net website. > > 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. > > This is not the time to "stay away from politics", we are experiencing > an attack on humanity itself. Take example from > <https://junit.org/junit5/> and their clear statement. > > Say NO to war! > This original post has been met with some controversy. I don't know how much my voice counts, but I will say this. The occasions in history where one side is utterly and completely in the wrong are rare, but they do occur. Russia had no right to invade - period. Attempts on this list have been made to justify Russia's actions, but they are logically tortured as the Nazi justifications for invading Poland or Soviet Russia. Speaking of the Nazis, even Hitler didn't stoop so low as to send in troops utterly unprepared for what they were about to face while lying to them that they'd be lauded as heroes. Neither did Stalin. Putin has done that. Now, you can try to justify certain things. You can try to justify Putin's War, but you will never convince anyone of your position - you can only succeed in proving yourself to be evil. Evil is the complete absence of compassion for the suffering of others, and only someone who is evil can advocate for Putin's War or try to justify it in any measure. Evil is a powerful word - one I do not use lightly. When one side calls another evil they say that there can be no more dialog, no more compromise, no more cooperation. The only correct response to evil is opposition.
