Ian Jackson <[email protected]> writes: > Bill Allombert writes ("Re: Code of Conduct at events [and 1 more messages]"): > > I disagree. If the conference organisers want to wash there hands of > > the problem, a written policy will not prevent it. > > This is a very strange way of looking at things. You seem to be > positing the conference organisers as some kind of evil people who are > determined to give free reign to thugs and rapists. I think that's > far from true.
That's not how I read Bill's statement above. He's not imputing a determination to give free rein. Rather, I took Bill's words as accusing conference organisers of no more than what you say here: > I think rather that the conference organisers were unexpectedly placed > in a stressful situation, for which they were unprepared, had not > previously discussed an approach, regarding which they had not > previously promised made any public statements, and where anything > they did (or failed to do) was sure to be strongly criticised. In such > a situation it is natural human nature to act tentatively if at all, > and to try to avoid taking responsibility. I think that's merely a re-statement of what I read in Bill's statement. And for what it's worth, I agree that a written policy isn't much good in the face of human ingenuity to avoid responsibility for difficult situations. So the solution isn't more policy. -- \ “It is the responsibility of intellectuals to tell the truth | `\ and to expose lies.” —Noam Chomsky, 1967-02-23 | _o__) | Ben Finney _______________________________________________ Spi-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.spi-inc.org/listinfo/spi-general
