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Debugging conference anti-harassment policies

Debugging conference anti-harassment policies

Posted Feb 1, 2011 12:07 UTC (Tue) by roc (subscriber, #30627)
In reply to: Debugging conference anti-harassment policies by Lovechild
Parent article: Debugging conference anti-harassment policies

Any sane policy would apply only to voluntary actions, i.e., not words spoken due to Tourette's.

Presumably Mark doesn't have a medical disorder that forces him to say "fuck" and put sexual images in his presentations.


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Debugging conference anti-harassment policies

Posted Feb 3, 2011 13:46 UTC (Thu) by Lovechild (guest, #3592) [Link]

There are no sane policies when it comes to censorship and protecting people from offense. I've been kicked out of my fair share of busses and establishments before even being given a chance to explain. The on the spot decision is, always, to side with the offended party and while offense lasts a moment, clearing ones name and regaining ones diginity is a far longer process.

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