Christian Kastner <ckk@debian.org> wrote on 23/03/2022 at 23:17:04+0100:
> On 2022-03-23 21:27, Philip Hands wrote:
>> I note that nobody in this discussion so far has tried to argue that
>> we'll somehow be poorer for being less exposed to his writings
>
> It's not fair to dismiss his frequent KDE and TeX reports like hat.
>
>> but only that some procedure might not have been followed properly.
>
> Observing processes and procedures is what gives us confidence in a fair
> and just system. That's obviously important to many of us, otherwise we
> wouldn't have so many discussions about and votes on them.
>
> I find your off-handed dismissal ("only") of this extremely ignorant and
> disrespectful to those of us to whom this is important, to the point of
> being offensive.
>
> [Note that I'm not speaking for or against any action taken here, as
> that is completely irrelevant to my point.]
>
>> P.S. the resort to an argument about procedure does seem very
>> reminiscent of the recently referenced wartime sabotage manual.
>
> This is such a toxic comment.
>
> There is a perfectly reasonable explanation for why people value
> procedures regarding punitive measures -- see above -- and not only do
> you take a jab at those people, you actually have the gall to insinuate
> that this might be an act of deliberate sabotage.
>
> Your conduct blatantly and obviously violates the "be respectful" and
> "assume good faith" rules of our community, and it's entirely upsetting
> to see your confidence in believing that you are actually championing
> these principles with your message, when in fact you are demonstrating
> utter disregard for them.
Please, all, chill out.
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PEB
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