Re: [PATCH 0/1] Code of conduct: amendment
Hi all,
On 07/07/17 13:05, Daniel Silverstone wrote:
This change removes the section in which we say that we will not act
on
compliants which we consider essentially spurious. Without this in the
covenant, it would be reasonable to expect we'd have to spend time reviewing
and investigating situations where person A complains that person B asked
person A to leave them alone. This hardly seems a worthwhile use of out
time.
That case, seems reasonable enough to me.
The Covenant was derived from
http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Community_anti-harassment/Policy and for the
most part I believe I trust the geek feminism community to have added that
content for a good reason.
As quoted from that wiki:
COMMUNITY NAME prioritizes marginalized people’s safety over
privileged people’s comfort. RESPONSE TEAM reserves the right not to
act on complaints regarding:
vs.:
The Gitano Community_ prioritises marginalised people's safety over
privileged people's comfort. [Gitano Community Managers][] will not
act on complaints regarding:
"reserves the right to" in comparison to "will not" :\
Could you please explain your reasoning behind suggesting we remove
that
part of the covenant? Could you give a hypothetical situation in which you
feel it would be detrimental to have that present?
My personal gripe is with the "Reverse' -isms" line, as that almost
seems contradictory to the statement that everyone should be free from
harassment, since it reads as if it officially sanctioning
discrimination against a supposed dominant or majority group.
Regards,
Ben