On Wed, Sep 03 2014, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 03, 2014 at 09:52:44AM -0700, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>
>> People associated with the FSF or those who feel i sympathy with
>> them feel offended, I find it somewhat disappointing that we care so
>> little about people being offensive, given the progress we have made.
>
> This thread is not about whether we care about people being offensive
> (which, btw, is terribly subjective). This thread is about whether the CoC
> should be used to enforce people *not* being offensive.
>
> And that is a very slippery slope with no bottom in sight.
Then we should strip language out of the CoC about being
respectful to people and making attendees feel welcome, to avoid
giving a false impression that those things are actually important and
shall be enforced.
manoj
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