Might I politely suggest that given that this has shifted quite far from the merits of teaching SWC/DC to high school students to a broader discussion of the normative conventions of e-mail list etiquette and the overall validity of the code of conduct we close out this thread and then open it up as a new thread. Many who might wish to comment on this have probably missed out due to the misdirection of the title. Just a thought.
On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 8:32 AM Matthew Brett <matthew.br...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 11:23 AM, Spaced Girl > <alittlemonsteruniversi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > How about SC just do away with the whole code of conduct in general? > It's a > > theoretical piece of shit and has no practical value. I say this > especially > > after all the arguing that's transpired over the past 24 hours and my > > general disgust with some of the posting of instructors here...[very few > on > > the planet but me would notice or care]. > > > > Overall, think going gentler on students/new individuals anywhere is the > > only acceptable approach to teaching/living. The problem with things like > > codes of conduct or talk of politeness or respect is how couched in > highly > > normative/exclusive/dominant social ideas they are. > > > > From what I've noticed; this is a very diverse group compared to most > > academic related places and makes for all sorts of alien talk. Learning > to > > fight/discuss through our differences in a much more productive approach > > than going fascist on everything....even if this is a company > [authoritative > > space]. > > Er ... I tend to agree with you about the code of conduct and I > strongly agree that allowing space for vigorous discussion is > essential. > > I would say though, that it appears that the "code of conduct" issue > has become extremely sensitive, with very strong feelings from all > sides. > > So, in order to avoid pressing buttons, I was hoping to divert away > from whether the CoC is good or not, to writing another document that > everyone can agree on, that states in simple language what kind of > community we'd like to see, in positive rather than negative terms. > Maybe then we wouldn't have to fight about the CoC. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.software-carpentry.org > > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org >
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