On Wed, Sep 03 2014, Piotr Ożarowski wrote:
> [Manoj Srivastava, 2014-09-03]
>> Is your position then that condes of conduct and enforcing
>> harassment policies are a form of censorship? (I am congnizent that you
> no, if I'd think that, I'd retire already, no?
I am glad to hear that.
>> > and more seriously, the day Debian will do censorship is the day I
>> > retire from the project.
>> How do you suppose we keep the atmosphere from devolving back to
>> the poisonous flame-fest days, and enforce various codes of conduct
>> policies? I have seen far too many tech conferences without codes of
>> conduct devolve into misogynistic and occasionally racist
>> experiences. The argument that codes of conduct are forms of censorship
>> is frequently made, but, I am afraid, not very convincingly.
> my point is some people react out of proportion (and that's why I did as
> well, didn't you notice at least a bit of sarcasm in my mail?).
I could not be sure. Feeling and emotional nuances are hard to
convey in email,and I certainly struggle with correctly judging peoples
intent if they are at odds with what is expressed in writing.
So, if there was a speaker guideline in play, and if the
delegates determine that that was violated, I shall be disappointed if
nothing was done due to the stature of the speaker.
> Some people want(ed) to codify in CoC other political correctness
> "things" that I don't agree with. I like our current CoC and I don't
> want to change it.
Respect for others seems to be a part of our CoC, no?
manoj
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