In message <20101001123356.GA10880@vacation.karoshi.com.>, bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com wrote:
On Fri, Oct 01, 2010 at 04:10:12AM -0700, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
No, it's kind of like asking the DMV whether the car belongs to the thief or to someone else. They keep the records for Christ's sake! They *can* take a position on that rudumentary, simple, and basic question, and they should. And that is all I ask or expect them to do. But they don't even want to do that miniscule amount of work, apparently. They want to be the Keeper of the Records, but then they want to roll over and play dead, or ignorant, or agnostic, whenever somebody has the temerrity to simply ask them what the f**king records they are keeping *mean* about who actually owns what.
I already said it, but I'll say it again for the benefit of those with low reading comprehension. Nobody is asking ARIN to go out, with guns drawn, and pull the plug themselves. But they can and should take a position on who owns what. That is a judicial function, not a police function. If you don't understand the distinction, then you are dumber than you think I think you are.
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Are you suggesting that ARIN does _NOT_ publish data or that ARIN doesn't keep the data current, or something else?
I already said what I meant, twice, and quite clearly, I think. If you don't get it after two repetitions, then I doubt that me trying to rephrase it yet a third time is going to help your comprehension any. Regards, rfg