Re: Code of Conduct plan

On Fri, Jun 8, 2018 at 7:53 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Christophe Pettus <xof(at)thebuild(dot)com> writes:
> > 2. I don't think that there is a country where someone being driven out
> of a technical community by harassment is an acceptable local value.
>
> Yeah, this. People that I've known and respected, and who did not seem
> at all thin-skinned, have left this community because of harassment.
> We need to try to stop that, not because of "political correctness",
> but to ensure that our community has a long-term future.
>
> It's not a simple thing, and I don't envy the CoC committee's task.
> For instance, I hope we can all agree that sexual harassment is
> unacceptable --- but I can imagine that what one person thought was
> friendly banter was harassment to the other, particularly if different
> cultures are involved. The committee will likely have to sort out such
> situations and try to reconcile the two people without either starting a
> war or driving away either person. They may not always succeed. But not
> trying is not a better answer.

For what its worth, I am 100% in agreement with everything Tom just said
here.
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