On: GitHub Puts Open Code of Conduct on Pause

[stefantalpalaru]

> to protect people who are typically the target of harassment in open source

So if you are subjected to an unusual type of harassment, you're on your own?

[tomp → stefantalpalaru]

I guess the idea is, to prevent (or at least discourage) the usual types of harassment up-front, and deal with the more unusual, rare forms on-the-fly as they appear.

[bluecalm → tomp]

Yet, there is specific point about "reverse-sexism" and "reverse -ism" not being considered a problem. The concerns are valid, the text is written with an agenda in mind and the agenda makes people weary.

[plonh → stefantalpalaru]

It is very tempting to question the motives of who believes a 0% solution is better than 55% first step.

[stefantalpalaru → plonh]

Those are the motives of somebody who believes that no policing at all is better than half-ass policing.

We already have organizations that deal with illegal activities. We pay them for it and we give them a monopoly on violence, so why not use them instead of trying to replicate what they do, partially and poorly?