On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 10:05:44AM +0100, Gerardo Ballabio wrote: > Steve McIntyre wrote: > > We *entirely* have the freedom to discriminate based on > > what people say and do around us. We're not a government. > > So only governments should not discriminate people? > > > Try a simple thought experiment: if you think that only the law (which > > country?) has any bearing here, is spam filtering allowed? Should we > > be allowed to block people from our mailing lists or BTS for sending > > lots of messages saying "Free Software is awful"? > You have the right to choose which mail messages you receive. > You haven't the right to choose which mail messages I send. > Can you see the difference? Debian as a project has a right to block your mails so they are not dissemminated via our servers. > Similarly, if you don't want to listen to me, you have the right to > walk away. You haven't the right to silence me. > If you don't want to work with me, you have the right to quit. You > haven't the right to get me fired. Obviously false. You do not have a right to be the most obnoxious person in your place of work who drives other people to quit, and people have a right to demand a work environment free from harrassment. And why are we having this conversation? You're not a Debian developer, you told Debian you were leaving because you disagreed with our policies, and you don't get a vote. Do you think you're persuading someone here? -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer https://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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