Re: OT: Autism in discussion groups (was: Re: Proposal: Disconnect comp.lang.python from python-list)

2021-05-09 Thread Michael Torrie
On 5/9/21 11:26 AM, Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer wrote: > Out of curiosity, how do people without a Code of Conduct > manage and prevent abuse in between people? I was about > to organise something last year but did not find a better solution > than a code of conduct to ensure smoothness. Well the idea

Re: OT: Autism in discussion groups (was: Re: Proposal: Disconnect comp.lang.python from python-list)

2021-05-09 Thread Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer
Greetings, Out of curiosity, how do people without a Code of Conduct manage and prevent abuse in between people? I was about to organise something last year but did not find a better solution than a code of conduct to ensure smoothness. Well the idea was a before-hand signed code of conduct. It be

Re: OT: Autism in discussion groups (was: Re: Proposal: Disconnect comp.lang.python from python-list)

2021-05-09 Thread Jason C. McDonald
> I disagree. Many people are opposed to CoCs for a variety of reasons > including the fact that many CoCs are political in nature. Others > oppose them for legal liability reasons. On his radio show Ask Noah (a > radio show about Linux), Noah has interviewed several people who oppose > CoCs for

Re: OT: Autism in discussion groups (was: Re: Proposal: Disconnect comp.lang.python from python-list)

2021-05-09 Thread Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer
On Sun, May 9, 2021 at 1:58 PM dn via Python-list wrote: > That said, there is nothing to be gained by upsetting people... > I misquoted the relevant section from Chris' answer, i wanted to quote: *I'm not saying that the previous situation was GOOD, but I'm far fromsure that the current si

Re: OT: Autism in discussion groups (was: Re: Proposal: Disconnect comp.lang.python from python-list)

2021-05-09 Thread dn via Python-list
On 09/05/2021 20.31, Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer wrote: > On Sun, May 9, 2021 at 5:29 AM Chris Angelico wrote: > >> >> Probably the same reason it has never worked. The only thing that's >> changed is the social acceptability of vilifying those you don't like. >> Once upon a time, there were those i

Re: OT: Autism in discussion groups (was: Re: Proposal: Disconnect comp.lang.python from python-list)

2021-05-09 Thread Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer
I meant to quote this part actually: I'm not saying that the previous situation was GOOD, but I'm far from sure that the current situation is any better - look at the arguments regarding branch naming, which completely sidelined all technical considerations in favour of one single political motiva

Re: OT: Autism in discussion groups (was: Re: Proposal: Disconnect comp.lang.python from python-list)

2021-05-09 Thread Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer
On Sun, May 9, 2021 at 5:29 AM Chris Angelico wrote: > > Probably the same reason it has never worked. The only thing that's > changed is the social acceptability of vilifying those you don't like. > Once upon a time, there were those in the community who had all the > power, and those on the fri