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diff --git a/content/blog/2024/speaks-for-themselves.md b/content/blog/2024/speaks-for-themselves.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..40e2ede --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2024/speaks-for-themselves.md @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ ++++ +title = """ + RFC1885 and "speaks for themselves" + """ +author = ["Michał Sapka"] +date = 2024-10-21T23:03:00+02:00 +categories = ["blog"] +draft = false +weight = 2001 +image_dir = "blog/images" +image_max_width = 600 +Abstract = "my views represent the view of every Pole out there" +Listening = "Pink Floyd - Momentary Lapse of Reason" ++++ + +Another cool tidbit from the RFC which was lost in the great war of Twitter: + +> Assume that individuals speak for themselves, and what they +> say does not represent their organization (unless stated +> explicitly). +> +> -- [rfc1855](https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt) + +I never understood those "my views do not represent my employer" marks, as they are as obvious as the color of aliens (gray, of course). +Yet people state it as having any opinion on the web is dangerous. +And I mean any, as someone may always it questionable. +And loosing job, means of living over a stupid joke is terrible. +We could have just left it where it was, but no. + +FLAME ON + +Personally, I hate putting people in boxes. +I like some of what Drew DeVault does, but I do not support everything he stands for. +I follow Lunduke's reports, but I don't approve of everything he says. +I like Luke Smith's tutorials, but I also like roads. +I am a member of FSF, but I do not approve of a lot of what Stallman promotes. +None of this has ever stopped me from following trans people or self proclaimed communists. + +I try to not create a too narrow bubble where everyone is saying the same thing. +From one side, this gives me a chance to be less of a moron. +On the other, even if I hate what someone believes, I may enjoy what they say and do on (at least) some occasion. +People are much more complex than any ideology, and this is what makes them interesting. + +Of course, I also draw a line of what I will accept. +But the harshest thing I'll do is to [stop listening](/blog/2024/flame-on-web/). +I'll try not to argue because it's better to let people believe I am dumb, than to talk and remove any doubt. +I will certainly not try [ruin someone's life](/blog/2024/bsd-cafe/) because I disagree with some views. + +I wonder if this has anything to do with me growing in the 90s, the era of "diffent but equal"? + +FLAME OFF |