On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 08:42:28AM +1100, Ben Finney wrote:
> Francesca Ciceri <madamezou@debian.org> writes:
>
> > ** changes proposed for (1):
> > - s/religions/religious belief or disbelief/ (dkg)
>
> It's foolish to commit to respect all opinions. Some opinions (some
> political or religious beliefs, for example) are not worthy of respect,
> and some are indeed destructive of a welcoming environment.
>
> We should respect a person's right to *hold* whatever opinions they
> like; but those opinions, when expressed, should get no assumed
> protection, not even in a diversity statement. If the opinion is unsound
> or hateful or otherwise unworthy of respect, it should get no protection
> in a public forum.
Yeah, I see your argument. And is a valid one, IMO.
I think that Russ reply [1] to a similar concern express by Gregor
fits also your argument: we welcome people who are ok with the diversity
statement, so no hateful ideology/religion/whatever can be part of it, as
it doesn't comply with the diversity statement itself.
It's kinda like a short circuit: diversity statement accept everyone who
accept the diversity statement, and if your {opinion|ideology|religion}
doesn't comply with it you'll don't want - in the first place - to be
part of a project based on diversity.
It sound solid to me, but we can make it more explicit probably.
> We should not commit to respecting opinions, but instead commit to
> respecting all people.
How do you suggest to express it in the statement?
Cheers,
Francesca
[1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2012/03/msg00058.html
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