James Potts wrote:
I hate to put it to you this way, but if you give people an inch, they'll take a mile. Yes, political correctnes is unproductive. This is why decisions like the one made here need to be thought out better before being made. But once the decision is made, it should be applied equally, or not at all.
"If you give people an inch, they'll take a mile." What's there to take? Freedom to work on stuff that they like to work on?
As for the decision that led to this mess, I'd like to see it on the agenda for the next Council meeting. I really don't agree with it (or rather the way it was worded), and I can see others don't either. Unfortunately, I don't know if I have the authority to request this, since I'm not a dev.
Right. So you agree with the intention, but not with the wording. This is exactly what I'm after. At least here in Europe, judges have to 'interprete' the law. They judge whether somebody is guilty or not based on the _intentions_ that are behind the law. If the law has flaws in its wording, nobody cares about it, because the _intentions_ are important, not the wording.
This wording vs. intentions makes this whole thing really ridiculous. It makes you look like being nitpicking, even if you aren't.
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