Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process
On September 3, 2014 7:34:10 PM EDT, Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> wrote:
>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.
It's not the Uber important thing that always takes precedence over everything else. That doesn't make it not important nor does it mean we don't care.
These issues are not typically made of black and white.
Scott K
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