On Wed, 2021-06-30 at 11:21 +0100, Les Newell wrote: > > And that's the key point Les. There was no prior discussion. As > > was > > pointed out in another post, this CoC was created and implemented > > with > > no input from the group at large. > > Um, I don't know if you noticed but we are having that discussion > right > now. The CoC is not set in stone. It's just text that can be easily > edited. Jeff introduced it. At that point there should have been > some > rational discussion and any corrections made as needed. Instead > there > was a completely unwarranted explosion of vitriol and paranoia. Jeff > the > dictator is impinging on our FREEDOM! The CoC boils down to 'be nice > and > treat people with respect'. Really, you are upset because you don't > want > to be nice and others to be respectful to you? Even if you are, > what's > wrong with just asking for a change to the text instead of shouting > about THE ESTABLISHMENT trying to CONTROL you. This are just a group > of > like minded individuals, not some oppressive government. > > Could Jeff have worded his announcement better? In hindsight yes but > remember the only way anything gets done around here is if someone > volunteers to do it. How many of the people here screaming about > their > rights have actually bothered to contribute to maintenance of the > source > code and the website? If you don't like something how about fixing > it, > rather than getting upset? > > Les
This is talking! this is constructive discussion, thank you, I appreciate the good will to discuss and overcome prejudices, thinking that there is "the establishment trying to control you" sounds a good bit like conspiracy theory. _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
