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Debugging conference anti-harassment policiesDebugging conference anti-harassment policiesPosted Feb 1, 2011 1:45 UTC (Tue) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239)In reply to: Debugging conference anti-harassment policies by MisterIO Parent article: Debugging conference anti-harassment policies
You're right, it's obscene that a privately run conference should have any right to interfere with what potential speakers are able to say in front of their audience. We should abolish the paper selection committee forthwith and force speakers to engage in a battle to the death to obtain one of the available slots.
More seriously. There's a great deal of censorship involved in the entire process of running an event like this. Abstracts that aren't deemed "interesting" don't get picked. Speakers that have proven problematic in the past are likely to be frowned upon. Though I don't believe it's ever happened at LCA, it's plausible that speakers might be ejected from the conference for unrelated reasons before they have an opportunity to present. But you know what's wonderful about free speech? Anyone unable to present their opinions can choose to do so elsewhere, and anyone interested in those opinions can view them there. Crying "censorship" the moment someone is taken to task for breaching a policy that was voluntarily implemented by the conference organisers is ignoring the reality of the situation - to wit, speakers have never been at liberty to say whatever they want to, and likely never will be at this kind of event.
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Debugging conference anti-harassment policies Posted Feb 1, 2011 3:25 UTC (Tue) by MisterIO (guest, #36192) [Link]
Oh, come on! Sure, we can do this game for fun, but that's it. Censorship isn't as ambiguosly defined as you imply. By the way, these last messages you commented on weren't directly related to conferences, I was merely answering to this comment "Wow, so people who agree with you are "intelligent" and people who disagree with you "have problems"? How convenient!", trying to explain why I took that approach about censorship.
Debugging conference anti-harassment policies Posted Feb 2, 2011 3:52 UTC (Wed) by motk (subscriber, #51120) [Link] We should abolish the paper selection committee forthwith and force speakers to engage in a battle to the death to obtain one of the available slots.Do I detect sarcasm? You say that as if you believe the idea has no merit!
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