On 05/05/17 19:13, Virginia Fournier wrote: > VMF: Ok, good suggestion. I will modify as follows: > > /"Members agree to take appropriate action in the event any of their > Member representatives violate the Code. Such action could include > warning, reprimanding, suspending, removing, or replacing the Member > representative who has violated the Code, depending on the severity of > the violation."/
Sounds great. > VMF: Funny. Glad to see we aren’t the only ones with crazy legislation. :-) > VMF: I will ponder this too. You’re right - some of it has to be > subjective. For example, if you call Ryan “The Grand Poobah of All > Idiots, with an IQ half his body temperature” maybe he wouldn’t be > offended, because you two have worked together for a long time and > understand each other. However, if you called me “The Grand Poobah of > all Idiots, with an IQ half my body temperature,” I might be offended, > although probably not enough to report a violation. I’d just call you > up and ask you what the heck you’re talking about. But maybe if you > direct the “Grand Poobah” comment to one of our participants in another > country, who aren’t native English speakers and who have different norms > of culture and humor, or someone who hasn’t developed the rhino skin > some of the rest of us have, maybe they would be offended. It’s > important to consider your audience. There’s not a one-size-fits-all > definition of “insulting.” I don’t think the “reasonable person” > concept fits here. This is more like “you have to take your plaintiff > as you find them.” Let me think about this one a bit. You have nailed the problem precisely. :-) Gerv _______________________________________________ Public mailing list [email protected] https://cabforum.org/mailman/listinfo/public
