Oh, that explains it, next time start a new thread and people will be more likely to respond... sorry just sayin...
On 07/14/2017 09:03 AM, Edward Bartolo wrote: > Since forums deal with people, how is it possible to put sociology, > psychology and ethics aside as if the present time were a time from > several decades ago? Society as a whole, has moved on to the extent, > that minorities are given a voice that can easily be felt and heard > both in the media and legally. How is the Devuan Distribution going to > ethically justify its decision of letting abuse, whatever form that > may take, to take place on its infrastructure? > > Every person should enjoy equal rights, but reading some of the > preceding argumentation, gives the ethically questionable message that > some people have lesser rights than others. I am using 'lesser rights' > to signify the implied message that people with disabilities or with a > weak personality are better to stay off public forums. This is > discrimination which is hard to ethically justify. Disabled persons, > both physically and mentally, should enjoy the same rights. However, > without moderation this cannot be achieved. They are simply shooed off > like annoying insects that land on a dinner table in the wrong time. > > Whatever some may say, the world as a whole, is moving towards a > better place to live in with more social acceptance and legal rights. > Supporting the notion of a forum that is like the 'wild wild west' > flies in the face of that reality bringing back ghosts from the past > of rejection and intolerance. > > As I am a Devuan user who has contributed with my own time to the > project, I expect the project to adopt policies that respect > minorities wholly, irrespective of their characteristics. Other than > that, it is a pain to see policy adaptions that contradict what is > today so widely accepted as a basic right. > _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng