[diversity-talk] OSM code of conduct: starting points

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

On 10/10/2014 05:24 PM, Tom MacWright wrote:
> There are certainly cases in which people's behavior or style will
> diverge from the norm for reasons outside of their control, but given
> the current content and intention of the CoC, that situation will be
> dealt with appropriately and humanely.

I understood the current content of the CoC to suggest calling out
offending behaviour publicly as the first step.

Serge then suggested that this might not be the right approach when
dealing with neurodivergent people.

If I understand you correctly, you're saying that we shouldn't worry
about details as long as the intention is right.

To me it seems that this whole CoC discussion is about writing down what
one would assume to be self-evident, namely that we don't want to be
assholes.

Under these circumstances it strikes me as odd to argue for writing down
one thing (namely, public calling out of offenders) while at the same
time assuming that if push came to shove, people would do the decent
thing (in this case, not calling out the offender publicly because they
offended due to a condition outside of their control).

This whole discussion is about *not* assuming that people do the decent
thing by themselves, isn't it?

Bye
Frederik

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