Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (292 mails)

[Egbert Eich <eich@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 05:55:59PM +0200, Philipp Thomas wrote:
> * Greg KH (gregkh@xxxxxxx) [20110509 19:12]:
>
> > No, that's not true at all.  "Inappropriate" is something that is
> > offensive to others.
>
> With that you presto arrive at political correctness where everbody tries to
> evade even the tiniest possibility of possibly being offensive and at least I
> would not want to be part of it.
>
> >  If you try to parse this out individually, sure,
> > you can get stuck in the minor details of wordsmithing.
>
> NO! It's not minor details of wordsmithing! You seem to assume that cultural
> differences don't exist as otherwise you wouldn't talk in that way.

YES, it is! 

Skimming over the links posted on harassment cases on conferences
I did not find a single one which I would have not considered
inappropriate and I think most of us would feel the same way.

So please, read what Joos wrote - this really is not about disecting 
carefully every word before it is spoken but more about applying a 
little common sense on how to communicate observing the feedback of 
those one communicates with.
I'd argue that a majority of us already have a rather good grasp of 
how to express themselves in public even in a culturally diverse 
group - so there is nothing to worry about.
However there are people who don't or who tend to forget. For them this 
code of conduct serves as a friendly reminder that we do not condone 
such behavior and it leaves them no room for the excuse they 'didn't 
know'.

Cheers,
        Egbert.
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