Re: Internet services and US vs EU jurisdiction

[Carsten Strotmann <bsd%dnsworkshop.ch@localhost>]

Hi,

> On 18. Feb 2026, at 10:28, Sad Clouds <cryintothebluesky%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 14:17:56 +0100
> Carsten Strotmann <bsd%dnsworkshop.ch@localhost> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Enrico,
>> 
>> Could political discussions be moved to relevant mailing lists, please.
>> 
>> This discussion might be off-topic for netbsd-users
> 
> To be fair, there is no netbsd-politics@ list, and the current mailing
> list appears to be the most appropriate venue, even if some discussions
> occasionally stray from the original topic.

The topic is very much about Internet and resilience, but not very much NetBSD specific. Your initial question was very valid, but the discussion later derailed into political nonsense (from my point of view). And I find that off-topic for this list. But that is just my view.

> You seem to be politely
> suggesting that people take the conversation elsewhere simply because
> you do not consider their views relevant.

I very much consider your initial question relevant, but the topic has attracted some participants that talk on the same level of knowledge on the topic as Mr. Trump would do. That is very tiring. 
I’m not opposed to the (original) topic, but about the tone and the agitation and the detour into political mud fight.

I that level of quality in discussion is considered "on-topic" for this list, I will probably leave.

> 
> I originally started this thread in order to understand how to mitigate
> political disruptions to Internet services such as DNS.

Very valid question.

> If you possess
> technical expertise in this area (dnsworkshop.ch)

I do. Technical. But this is less a technical question.

I’m not from Switzerland, but my choice of domain name might give you inspiration. As a plus, CH-TLD is at the forefront of DNSSEC automation. And you get automatic “monitoring" for your domain via https://dns-resilience.openintel.nl/

> , you could have
> contributed to the discussion and helped keep it on topic.

Everything that I could add to the conversation was already said.  I don’t think that my input would have stopped the detours.

> Instead, you
> chose to remain silent on the list and later reprimand others for
> straying off topic. OK it's your personal choice, but I’m afraid I have
> little sympathy in that regard.

With mailing lists, it is often an issue of “signal to noise” ration. To much noise can hurt the list (and therefore the project). My request was about to reduce the noise.

Carsten