Saying NANOG = ARIN is like saying Middle East = Terrorist. That kind of generalization is never useful. ARIN is one of many non-Government organizations that make decisions regarding the Internet.
As for your reference to "Obama-style" I'm not sure if you're trying to pay homage to, or insult the POTUS, either way it's not piratically constructive to the conversation; especially on a technical mailing list. Please check politics at the door. As mentioned by several others, if you have a problem with changes made by ARIN, an independent non-profit corporation, then it seems logical to contact them and not a community of network operators who have little or no control over ARIN. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:44 PM, Always Learning <na...@u61.u22.net> wrote: > > On Mon, 2011-09-12 at 20:07 -0700, Michael Sinatra wrote: > >> Unfortunately, the original poster, against advice given to him, >> posted an insulting, jingoistic, inane, and even more derogatory >> version of his NANOG post, apparently in an effort to spur discussion. >> What was once a legitimate issue (and I agree one that needs to be >> addressed) now looks more like troll-bait. Unsurprisingly, nobody has >> responded. > > I was attempting to write in 'Obama-style'. > > I do make a perfectly valid point, perhaps oblivious to many North > Americans who generally are insular, that the world does expect the > Americans to do Internet things properly. > > Many North Americans appear not to understand the general world-wide > attitude towards the USA. When something goes wrong at ARIN which > affects American IPs, the world seems to blame the Americans. Although > there is a clear distinction, certainly in my mind, between one rather > small organisation and a state of circa 280 million, never-the-less the > world generally blames the Americans. The only noticeable exception when > the USA is not blamed for the faults and omissions of an American > organisation is Micro$oft. > > Why does it take the concerns of an European to waken-up the Americans > to the outstanding ARIN problem? Perhaps some of you can continue the > campaign for the restoration of a basic North American WHOIS ? The rest > of the world has a fully functioning WHOIS but not the USA (or Canada). > > My posting was never meant to be insulting or jingoistic or inane and > certainly not derogatory. I was attempting to make those that can > influence ARIN have some pride in presenting their country's > achievements and services in the best possible way. > > Like it or not, the Americans run the Internet: Google (the world's > biggest spying operation), Micro$oft, Facebook, Yahoo, Twitter, Ebay and > their Paypal, Cisco etc. etc. and of course ARIN. > >> .... What was once a legitimate issue .... > > Remains "a legitimate issue" until ARIN resolves it, if ever. > > > -- > With best regards, > > Paul. > England, > EU. > > > > -- Ray Soucy Epic Communications Specialist Phone: +1 (207) 561-3526 Networkmaine, a Unit of the University of Maine System http://www.networkmaine.net/
