On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Shaun McCance <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, 2012-04-24 at 16:11 +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> > On Tue, 2012-04-24 at 10:58 -0400, Shaun McCance wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2012-04-24 at 10:54 +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> > > > Hello Federico,
> > > >
> > > > Em Mon, 2012-04-23 às 20:58 -0500, Federico Mena Quintero escreveu:
> > > > <snip>
> > > >
> > > > From http://live.gnome.org/CodeOfConduct
> > > > "Assume people mean well"
> > >
> > > Federico made no statements as to anybody's intentions or motivations.
> > >
> > > For reference, this is is what it looks like when you assume somebody
> > > doesn't mean well:
> > >
> > >   "Person X did Y wrong BECAUSE he/she is evil."
> > >
> > > This, however, is just a disagreement about what a person did:
> > >
> > >   "Person X did Y wrong."
> > >
> > > We have to be able to disagree with people's actions and to discuss
> > > those disagreements publicly. If we can't, our community dies.
> >
> > I'm sorry, but thinly veiled insults are still insults.
> >
> > --8<--
> > From: Maître D'
> > Subject: Spitting in the soup
> >
> > The kitchen staff IS NOT welcome to:
> >
> > * Spit in the soup
> > --8<--
>
> ^^^ Still not an insult.
>
> > "I didn't say you spat in the soup"
>
> Federico didn't say this. I may have implied it in my email to
> Emmanuele. I'm sorry for that. I worded my response poorly.
>
> I stand by my assertion that you aren't NOT assuming somebody
> means well if you don't ascribe motivation. You can very well
> assume somebody has the best intentions at heart and still
> vehemently disagree with their actions.
>
> > Trying to hide the fact that Federico was venting for whatever reason
> > isn't going to help keep this community any more healthy.
>
> It's clear there is a non-negligible group of people who feel
> disenfranchised. Trying to hide that fact isn't going to help
> either. Whether or not anybody has done anything wrong, we have
> to figure out why people feel this way.
>

You hit the nail on the head. Ignoring a problem doesn't make it go away.
Thank you for this


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> Shaun
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Cheers
Seif
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