>>> LOL >>> pow(funny, sys.maxint) >>> >> Yes, funny, but it overlooks the point that Xah is a nuisance to >> multiple communities, not just to ours, and quite often concurrently. > > I don't think we need to worry about other communities or every > internet related problem. The only thing we need to make sure is that > c.l.p or the python community in general is friendly, tolerant, > healthy and perhaps shows a good example to other communities on how > to run a community, including how to handle problematic behavior. > >> I'm all in favor of tolerance, but I'd like to see some evidence that >> rehabilitation is practical before the community has to tolerate too >> much of that kind of nonsense. > > I don't think you get my point. Rehabilitation or cure is not the goal > here. A village clown or court clown never changed, never got cured, > never got reintroduced into the community as a 'normal' person. A > village clown is tolerated in the purest form of the word 'tolerance' > by nor wishing him to change. Let him be the clown, let everybody > accept him as such, including all the annoyance and weird behavior. > Hoping for someone to change is the same as assigning him to a > correctional facility. > > I'd say let's designate a post Python Community Jester, or PCJ for > short, let's name Xah Lee the PCJ and make it clear that he can engage > in his activities on c.l.p and #python as he wishes without > retribution and fear, and nobody should really bother him. The only > people should do who don't like him is ignoring him. What is very > important is that there can be only one PCJ and everybody else with > objectionable behavior will be banned, blacklisted, etc. with the full > force of available methods. > > This would I think send a very clear message to all other online > communities that the Python Community is able to think outside the > box, and is not afraid of taking unusual steps to maintain a healthy > community and is even able to incorporate revolutionary new tactics to > keep the community friendly and tolerant.
One more thing: if every online community (or only programming related newsgroup) would designate an XY Community Jester I believe the relatively few number of serial trolls would all find their places somewhere eventually. This approach would actually work and solve a serious problem, as opposed to building more jails and more correctional facilities. Cheers, Daniel -- Psss, psss, put it down! - http://www.cafepress.com/putitdown -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
