Re: Some thoughts about Diversity and the CoC

2019-12-12 Thread Scott Kitterman
On December 12, 2019 2:57:55 PM UTC, Ian Jackson wrote: >Scott Kitterman writes ("Re: Some thoughts about Diversity and the >CoC"): >> I think you reinforce my original point. In this case, the 'other >> side' isn't the proposer of the option, it's me. >> >> What I'm hearing is that the CoC

Re: Some thoughts about Diversity and the CoC

2019-12-12 Thread Scott Kitterman
On December 12, 2019 3:01:26 PM UTC, Sam Hartman wrote: >> "Scott" == Scott Kitterman writes: > > >Scott> I think you reinforce my original point. In this case, the >Scott> 'other side' isn't the proposer of the option, it's me. > >Scott> What I'm hearing is that the CoC

Re: Some thoughts about Diversity and the CoC

2019-12-12 Thread Tiago Bortoletto Vaz
On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 03:21:09PM +0100, Gerardo Ballabio wrote: [...] > Anyway, thank you for clarifying that using people's preferred > pronouns is a requisite for being welcome in Debian. As I read them, > neither the CoC nor the Diversity Statement are explicit on that. > Maybe it would be

Re: Some thoughts about Diversity and the CoC

2019-12-12 Thread Joerg Jaspert
On 15614 March 1977, Gerardo Ballabio wrote: Anyway, thank you for clarifying that using people's preferred pronouns is a requisite for being welcome in Debian. As I read them, neither the CoC nor the Diversity Statement are explicit on that. Maybe it would be useful to make it explicit? They

Re: Some thoughts about Diversity and the CoC

2019-12-12 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Scott" == Scott Kitterman writes: Scott> I think you reinforce my original point. In this case, the Scott> 'other side' isn't the proposer of the option, it's me. Scott> What I'm hearing is that the CoC isn't for people like me Scott> because you are completely

Re: Some thoughts about Diversity and the CoC

2019-12-12 Thread Ian Jackson
Scott Kitterman writes ("Re: Some thoughts about Diversity and the CoC"): > I think you reinforce my original point. In this case, the 'other > side' isn't the proposer of the option, it's me. > > What I'm hearing is that the CoC isn't for people like me because > you are completely dismissive

Re: Some thoughts about Diversity and the CoC

2019-12-12 Thread Gerardo Ballabio
(I see that because of my mistake, this thread continued on both -project and -vote. If you think it's better to restrict it to either list, please say so.) Hello Sam and others, I did not want to derail the discussion. As I wrote, I made those examples because I believed that they would help

Re: Some thoughts about Diversity and the CoC

2019-12-12 Thread Scott Kitterman
On December 12, 2019 12:23:21 PM UTC, Sam Hartman wrote: >> "Scott" == Scott Kitterman writes: > > Scott> TLDR: Words have meanings and I find it deeply offensive when >Scott> one group tries to hijack them for their own ends. This >Scott> entire discussion makes me less

Re: Some thoughts about Diversity and the CoC

2019-12-12 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Sam" == Sam Hartman writes: Sam> In adopting the Diversity Statement and the Code of Conduct Sam> we've committed to welcoming people to the project regardless Sam> of how they identify the project. Sigh. This should have been regardless of how they identify themselves.

Re: Some thoughts about Diversity and the CoC

2019-12-12 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Gerardo" == Gerardo Ballabio writes: Gerardo, somehow you've taken the discussion from terms used in Debian elections to abortion politics and use of people's preferred pronouns. You could have found examples from within a Debian context. They were right there: diversity and its use in

Re: Some thoughts about Diversity and the CoC

2019-12-12 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Scott" == Scott Kitterman writes: Scott> TLDR: Words have meanings and I find it deeply offensive when Scott> one group tries to hijack them for their own ends. This Scott> entire discussion makes me less comfortable with Scott> participating in Debian. I agree that

Re: Some thoughts about Diversity and the CoC

2019-12-12 Thread Gerardo Ballabio
Sorry, I just realized I sent this to the wrong list. It was for -vote actually. Gerardo Il giorno gio 12 dic 2019 alle ore 11:22 Gerardo Ballabio ha scritto: > > Sam, thank you very much for raising this issue and for recognizing > that there's more than one angle to it. > > I tend to agree

Re: Some thoughts about Diversity and the CoC

2019-12-12 Thread Marc Haber
On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 02:51:37AM +, Scott Kitterman wrote: > TLDR: Words have meanings and I find it deeply offensive when one group tries > to hijack them for their own ends. This entire discussion makes me less > comfortable with participating in Debian. I have to support Scott here.