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[soulbadguy]

> This is to protect from negative associations with the rust brand. After all, you don’t want rust being associated with a mass shooting event or a stampede etc…

So we exclude people who have strong feeling about carrying firearms?

[dagmx → soulbadguy]

if you feel the need to carry firearms to a programming convention, then yeah I’m okay excluding them.

Many events, including the NRAs own events, prohibit the carrying of firearms in part or in full. This is normal.

[justinclift → throwntoday]

Dude, c'mon. :(