John, > The problem here is that the clarification included an escalation > saying "and I'm sick of people complaining about everything being > possibly offensive." I agree with Georgia's response to that > escalation, reminding everyone that we are going to maintain > standards of respectful and inclusive communication on this list. If > someone does say that a joke or comment makes them uncomfortable, we > are going to take that seriously, we are going to assume good faith > on the part of everyone, and we expect others here to do that too. We > are not going to respond to points people raise in good faith with > slippery slope arguments about how anyone could theoretically > complain about anything. The day someone *actually* says that saying > "the ocean is blue" offends them is the day we will address that > complaint. First of all, thanks for *actually* explaining to me what the problem was.
In my defense, it wasn't the clarification that prompted my comments, it was the incredibly heated response *to* my and IngeGNUe's explanation. I was incredibly uncomfortable with Bob's suggestion that humor does not belong in a mailing list. I apologize if I came out as rash and offensive, that was not my intention. And I certainly didn't intend an "Ad Hominem attack" as somebody called it, nowhere in my comments do I insult Bob or any other members of the list! At least that certainly wasn't the intent. I have mentioned numerous times that the particular comment of mine that everyone has an issue with absolutely wasn't the main topic I was trying to talk about and, again, the whole conversation could have been avoided if that was explained to me a lot earlier. It was very weird coming back to read people agreeing with the points I was trying to raise (humor in a mailing list) all while seemingly criticizing me. > So while the debate/discussion about the effectiveness of renaming > companies and brands toward different free software movement goals is > welcome here, the shots at the list's overall standards for respectful > communication are not. Please abide that and keep the conversation on > topic. And that's all that I really wanted to know. Again, I apologize for any confusion. -- Serge Hooge () ascii ribbon campaign - against HTML e-mail /\ - against proprietary attachments
