On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> wrote: > On 11/12/2013 03:27 PM, Ian Kelly wrote: >> >> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> wrote: >>> >>> Every time he uses foul language against somebody he's acting like a >>> bully. >>> >>> Every time he reposts questions and ignores answers he's acting like a >>> bully. >>> >>> Every time he declares that what he wants is the most important and so he >>> is >>> going to ignore our culture and the topic of this forum/ml/ng he is >>> acting >>> like a bully. >>> >>> If you haven't seen those posts, I have. Now you know. >> >> >> Per Wikipedia: "Bullying is the use of force, threat, or coercion to >> abuse, intimidate, or aggressively to impose domination over others. >> ... One essential prerequisite is the perception, by the bully or by >> others, of an imbalance of social or physical power." > > > So even though he is being verbally abusive, the fact that he's not standing > over me with a stick makes him not a bully? We'll have to agree to disagree > on this point.
No, that's not my point. Who has more power in this social forum, you or Nikos? I don't condone Nikos' behavior in any way, but if anybody is acting like a bully here, it is the people attempting to intimidate and coerce him into leaving. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
