On Wednesday 14 March 2007, Alexandre Buisse wrote: > The answer to that remark, and it has already been done in today's > discussions, is that we should follow the spirit of the law and not its > letter. But then, why do we need a Code of Conduct at all? There is > nothing in it that people don't already know and if they choose to still > commit the offense, it's either that they don't think it's one or that > they choose to ignore the consequences and commit it anyway. In both > cases, having a written code won't change a thing.
sure it does ... if you dont outline consequences, how can there be any ? the spirit lives on; dont be an asshat and there's nothing for you to worry about ... if you start being being offensive, then you get tied down in rules > I think that everyone should be free to participate in any discussion > as long as some outrageous behaviours like racism are not shown and that > the discussion stays on topic. But forcing people to not flame (and how > does one define that anyway?) is simply an unnecessary freedom > restriction. Great ideas can come from heated discussions, which can > even be considered as a sign of good health, since people care enough to > defend their ideas with passion. Or sometimes it is just funny, even if > not everyone "gets it". As long as one doesn't have to participate to > this discussion, I don't see any problem. there's a difference between a heated discussion and flaming ... lumping the two together as being inseparable is wrong > So my "solution" would be to just let things go as they currently are. > If people want to make asses of themselves in public, great, let them do > just that. If you don't like someone else, just don't read what they > post. But if you freely choose to participate to a flame, live with the > consequences, including the possibility of being called names by someone > else (I don't know if there is an english equivalent, but a french > saying goes like : "it's a gourmet delice to be called an asshole by an > idiot") and don't complain afterwards about it, because by acknowledging > the very existence of the trolls, you fed them and gave them a target. we've tried this in the past and the only real thing we have to show for it are people leaving and offers of support withdrawn -mike
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