I strongly disagree. There's no "reasonable person" standard in which anything I said would be found offensive. I'm frequently sought out by professors as a *mentor* for journalism students and we talk about issues such as this. I'm no shock jock.
If anything, this spell highlights one of the fundamental dangers with a UCoC that ought to be avoided. An information community that defines acceptable discourse by the most offended is one in which the principles are toothless, the growth anemic. Information, by its very essence, will offend many people. A group that comes to a screeching halt become someone compared the *actions* of an *organization* to flatulence in mild terms is a group that cannot but fail to be productive at any task beyond the blandest of triviality. I should note that I have nothing in principle against a UCoC. My main philosophical disagreement is one being imposed, with the community that built and energized the movement being considered an inferior partner, and I'm using the word "partner" very optimistically. The basic reality is that community consultations have proven over the last year to have the same efficacy as consulting with the knife-bearer in an alley about the proper ownership of your wallet. A fart -- or even the scandalous further disclosure that Everybody Poops -- shouldn't derail from the basic issues at play involving the WMF's actions and its stunning lack of comity in this and similar situations. I'll cut off this dreary logorrhea now, to return to pondering whether I should be amused or bemused about the whole affair. I never thought that the first time someone would try to wash my mouth out with soap would be when I was 42. Cheers, Dan _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
