On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Alexander Shorin <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 10:17 AM, Joan Touzet <[email protected]> wrote: > > Proof by counterexample: I have been involved in a private gaming > > community for a long time where the only rule was "be polite" / "don't > > be an asshole". Recently it has been made painfully clear that, to some > > people, being polite means it's OK to be sexist, racist, disparage > > people who don't agree with you, villainize foreigners, and worse that > > I won't bring to bear on this list. > > I'll quote myself: > > Being polite is a matter of etiquette; it's about respect, and being > considerate of people's feelings, culture, and values. Polite and > mannerly imply consideration for others and the adherence to > conventional social standards of good behavior. > > This definition is from English Oxford dictionary explicitly conflicts with > "being polite means it's OK to be sexist, racist, disparage people > who don't agree with you, villainize foreigners, and worse that", so > that's NOT OK or someone didn't understand words he says. Otherwise I > could say the same about any statement of CoC: "sorry, I don't see any > harassments, sexual attacks or disrespect in my words - you imagined > all these problems by yourself because you psychologically prone to > see these problems". But we all know that's not right way to go. > > Anyway, won't to insist on anything: just wanted to point on idea to > provide simple and short rules description for people who knows what > they doing and saying and who are on the same wave as we are. As for > others the detailed explanation below is always available below which > defines what we means under "being polite". > > +1
