Re: PHP Community to support Ukraine and help to stop Russian agression

On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 12:03 PM Alain D D Williams <addw@phcomp.co.uk> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 02, 2022 at 05:43:25PM +0100, Victor Bolshov wrote: > > Just one more thing: as of yesterday, in response to western sanctions > and > > supplies of letal arms to Ukraine from EU countries, Putin has ordered > > Russian nuclear forces to switch to a special alert regime, which means > they > > will be ready to strike at any moment. Anything that can help stop this > > insanity, is welcome, IMO. > > How Putin will react to a banner on the PHP web site, or any other action, > is > anybody's guess. > > I'm pretty confident I can guess how he will react: he won't. > I have put something on my own web site. It is an expression of solidarity > with > Ukraine - something to encourage them. It Putin/Russia notices it I suspect > that it will only invite a DDOS attack or similar - if they do anything at > all. > > The big question: should there be something on the PHP web site. Hard to > answer > as the discussion has shown. I would say "no" but encourage everyone who > has a > personal site to do so and to raise discussion with their employer about so > doing. > > Maybe also help financially (eg URL below), but beware: scammers will have > set > up sites like this: > > https://www.donateukraine.com/ > > Personally: I am in my late 60s and this is bringing back unpleasant > memories > of my 20s when we were seriously concerned about impending destruction from > nuclear war. > > Hugs to all in these difficult times. > > -- > Alain Williams > Linux/GNU Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT > Lecturer. > +44 (0) 787 668 0256 https://www.phcomp.co.uk/ > Parliament Hill Computers Ltd. Registration Information: > https://www.phcomp.co.uk/Contact.html > #include <std_disclaimer.h> > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: https://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Chase Peeler chasepeeler@gmail.com