Re: CoC [Final] - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Chris Travers
Subject Re: CoC [Final]
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Msg-id CAKt_Zfu6fYou6QJqz_cONonDtMZmOi0T-NsQbE7fqKpd4fwv5A@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: CoC [Final]  (Geoff Winkless <pgsqladmin@geoff.dj>)
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On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 11:43 AM, Geoff Winkless <pgsqladmin@geoff.dj> wrote:
On 21 January 2016 at 10:37, Chris Travers <chris.travers@gmail.com> wrote:
> At the end of the day this will require human judgment rather than
> formulation.

Then make it explicit.

* Disruption of the collaborative space, or patterns of behaviour
which the majority of the core team consider to be harassment, will
not be tolerated.

(I've depersonalised the sentence also, to make it clear that it's the
action and not the actor that is not tolerated)

> Human judgment may be flawed but in a culturally diverse group it is far
> better than the alternative.

It's better to let the baying crowd decide your fate rather than
codifying acceptable behaviour?

The Dark Ages called, they want their Justice model back :)

Resisting the urge to talk about how justice was actually seen in the Dark Ages....

But seriously, I think human judgment is better than a code which those who want to cause problems can and will use as a weapon against the rest.

Geoff



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