The main clause differentiating bad, weaponizable CoCs from good ones is "Assume good faith"
Everything will be OK if good faith can reasonably be assumed (E.g. when someone uses a word which is only offensive based on context) On the other hand, e.g. obvious racial slurs never have a place on a discussion board about a programming language. How can one possibly say them in good faith? Rhodri James <rho...@kynesim.co.uk> schrieb am Fr., 21. Sep. 2018 um 15:46 Uhr: > On 20/09/18 19:56, Brett Cannon wrote: > > Based on the WG's recommendation and after discussing it with Titus, the > > decision has been made to ban Jacco from python-ideas. Trivializing > > assault, using the n-word, and making inappropriate comments about > > someone's mental stability are all uncalled for and entirely unnecessary > to > > carry on a reasonable discourse of conversation that remains welcoming to > > others. > > Not a challenge to the ban in any way, but I feel the need to repeat > what I said about banning words. The moment you create that taboo, you > give the word power. That's the exact opposite of what you want to do. > It's the intent with which the word is used that matters. I've heard > all sorts of words used as insults -- "special", anyone? -- and many of > the same words used innocently or affectionately. > > Banning bad or insulting behaviour is fine. Banning words is a bad path > to go down. > > -- > Rhodri James *-* Kynesim Ltd > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list > Python-ideas@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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