[Tagging] Friendliness with attacked mapped places in Paris

[Warin]

On 15/11/2015 10:23 AM, jonathan wrote:
> +1 Frederik
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> http://bigfatfrog67.me
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> On 14/11/2015 18:35, Frederik Ramm wrote:
>> André,
>>
>>     OSM is not a place for condolences in note tags.
>>
>> I'm sorry if this sounds harsh but sticking to facts is what keeps most
>> conflicts out of OSM - if something is observable on the ground, we map
>> it, and if not, we (mostly) don't.
>>
>> Emotions are one such thing we don't map.
>>
>> Yes, a tragedy has happened, or more precisely a horrific crime; and
>> yes, you and I and many others wish to extend our hearfelt condolences
>> to the victims and their families. But OpenStreetMap is not the right
>> medium to do that.
>>
+1
>> There are many places in the world where tragedy, crime and injustice
>> have happened on a grand scale. But we don't have condolence messages in
>> OSM at Auschwitz, Srebrenica, or Columbine, and for a reason - because
>> we as a community can't "feel" sympathy, only individuals can. 
-1  Communities do 'feel' sympathy.
Organisations such as 'Red Cross' and 'Red Crescent' are the result of 
people forming communities that are expressions of that sympathy.
>> How would
>> we decide where to put such messages and how to word them, and what
>> would we do in situations where a tragedy has happened but people
>> disagree about who's the victim and who the perpetrator?
>>
>> Let's stick to facts on the ground and keep our emotions out of OSM,
>> hard as it may seem.
>>
>>> By Monday, you may like to send the URL to the Press.
>> Please don't. By giving the world the idea that OSM is a place to
>> express emotions, you will invite everyone to express theirs, and
>> certainly not all emotions are friendly and peaceful.
>>
>>> But let us hope that vandalism will not be added to terrorism.
>> That's exactly what you are inviting here. You may have the best
>> intentions but you're doing the wrong thing.
>>

+1

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