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

On Sun, Mar 6, 2022, 12:36 PM Chase Peeler <chasepeeler@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sun, Mar 6, 2022 at 3:23 PM Kris Craig <kris.craig@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Sun, Mar 6, 2022, 10:17 AM Victor Bolshov <crocodile2u@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > On Sat, Mar 5, 2022 at 14:26, Kris Craig <kris.craig@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Specifically, I would direct this question to Pierre and Viktor: Do you >> > believe that "Arrest Dictator Putin" is appropriate for the PHP >> homepage? >> > >> > >> > As a Russian who fled his country because of arising concerns over Mr. >> > Putin's regime, I find any words against him, appropriate. I'm a >> pacifist >> > but I probably would try to kill him if I was given a chance. >> > >> > Speaking about how appropriate "Arrest Putin" would be *on the PHP home >> > page*, I'd say no, because I see how many different people have gathered >> > here. We see that even Ukranian flag on PHP homepage is going to cause >> > tensions (what about Iraq & Viet Nam?). >> > >> > Starting this discussion, I had in mind the "sanity again madness" >> > mentality. I even feel sorry now for how this thread brings so many >> > disagreements and sol little compromise, so many emotions and so little >> > reason. I still think though that in times like this, stating something >> > like "PHP is against war" is very timely, and it is something we can >> agree >> > to, without destroying any connections within community. >> > >> >> +1 for a banner that says "PHP is against war". I would have absolutely >> no >> objection to that one. >> > As I’ve said before, I would have a problem with this. War is terrible and > should be avoided at all costs. However, there are times it is justified. > -- > Chase Peeler > chasepeeler@gmail.com > In that case, I think we should scrap this idea altogether. I mean, if we can't even agree that war (i.e. institutionalized mass murder) is a bad thing, then there's no statement we could make on this that wouldn't divide our community.