From: Raymond Wan <r....@aist.go.jp> > >> Well, online bullying is a problem, but I don't think that saying "Your > >> Perl > >> code sucks" or "Please don't post misleaing answers to people's Perl > >> questions" would qualify as online bullying. > ... > > The point is this: some crimes hinge upon what's going on inside someone's > > head. What may not qualify as "bullying" to you may qualify for someone > > else. And, if that someone else files a complaint with the relevant law > > > After reading this, what came to mind is the problem of sexual and > power harassment in the workplace, and maybe extending to other types > of prejudices but maybe that is a stretch? Often, the person being > accused might start with, "I was just kidding" or "Hey! Both of us > weren't taking it seriously!" but sometimes that isn't the case. I'm > tempted to say that whether or not it is harassment should depend on > how the object of the action felt...
The catch is that this basically means that: it's a crime whenever it's convenient for the "victim". In some cases even just whenever it's convenient for a lawyer that happens to come by. Where there's money to be sued out, there's a crime. > I think the question we should ask is if such actions is detrimental > to the list. Does it turn away people who are asking questions who > may some day answer someone else's questions? Does it turn away > people who maybe are newbies, but years later could be great Perl > programmers if it weren't for one or two people stepping on them. > Instead, they ended up being great Python/Ruby programmers...which > would be good for these languages, though... The people that are likely to ever give anything back to the community are much less likely to receive harsh treatment, than those that mistake the list for a free script writing service. Of course those that are starting to give advice on the list run the risk of having their advice dissected and in some cases corrected. And then there are three kinds of people. Those that take that as an oportunity to learn, those that misunderstand the critique and take it personally and those that take that as an oportunity to feel offended. The first kind will learn, the second will eventually learn as well ... and the last ... would do better to complain somewhere they can actually extort some money. Shame is the last kind tends to start a flamewar even if it was not their code being criticized. Jenda ===== je...@krynicky.cz === http://Jenda.Krynicky.cz ===== When it comes to wine, women and song, wizards are allowed to get drunk and croon as much as they like. -- Terry Pratchett in Sourcery -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
