[Osmf-talk] Board response: Disputed Area Policy (Crimea request)
Christoph Hormann
chris_hormann at gmx.de
Thu Feb 7 20:12:35 UTC 2019
On Thursday 07 February 2019, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> [...]
> That board should decide in their favour is not a given; strife could
> also be drastically reduced by other means, like excluding them from
> the communication channels in question.
First note that if you exclude certain voices from articulating their
views in certain venues you don't reduce strife, you just make it less
visible from an inside perspective.
But more importantly the above would make the whole thing much worse
than the original statement. Because it would mean the board decision
was not motivated by following the universal principle of placating the
fraction that promises it would cause the most strife otherwise (which
is a principle people could adjust to - even if that would be ugly) but
indicates you did so in this particular case for whatever reason and
might take a completely different course of action the next time if you
feel a need for it.
If that is not the case what is the basis on which the board dispenses
exemption from general OSMF policy?
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Christoph Hormann
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