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Re: [Ghm-discuss] The posh talk does not complain with the policy
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beuc |
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Re: [Ghm-discuss] The posh talk does not complain with the policy |
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Mon, 11 Aug 2014 19:45:48 +0200 |
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Hi,
On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 07:37:41PM +0200, Jose E. Marchesi wrote:
>
> >From http://www.gnu.org/ghm/policy.html:
>
> "Offensive or overly explicit sexual language or imagery is
> inappropriate during the event, including presentations.
>
> Participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled
> from the meeting at the discretion of the organizers.
>
> Harassment includes offensive comments related to gender, sexual
> orientation, disability, appearance, body size, race, religion,
> sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking,
> harassing photography or recording, persistent disruption of talks
> or other events, repeated unsolicited physical contact, or sexual
> attention."
>
> Since I do not desire to be dennounced, prosecuted and finally
> sanctioned or expelled from the event (especially considering the
> physical pain and inconvenience of attending due to my very recent
> accident) I withdraw my intention to lecture "Introducing GNU Posh" at
> the GHM, as it is not compliant with the policy described in the page
> above.
>
> Please remove the talk from the official schedule. Thanks.
>
> PS: for those interested, I may perform the talk off-event in case we
> find a suitable place, we will see..
Yeah, I was pretty surprised we put such a policy online - what was
the motivation? Was there any issue in a past GHM?
I understand that it's more and more common to see this in larger
events, but that feels wrong... I find this kind of policy condescending.
Should we modify it?
--
Sylvain