There is unfortunately a fundamental point missing in this article.

> Again you're missing the point. I deliberately did not make any references to the sexism comments, because that has *nothing* to do with this discussion. Unfortunately this is the first thing some people pull out, the moment a female raises such an issue.

You twist rsid's reference to 'sexism' which is not fine. His point is not about 'sexism' and I think it is evident enough.

> The point is that there is no universal set of rules that are applicable across the set of cultures we are covering and Sarah is pushing for her set of rules and playing the victim card as Linus correctly pointed out!

There is a fallacy here. It's the one that you set the goals so high as a way to accept no action to be taken.

Being civil is something that many people can achieve, and there are smaller free software projects that can do this, and they thrive. Actually, for smaller project, if they can be civil is the only way for success. Linux is so big that collateral damage is not a problem yet.

Think about disciplining children. Many people would still consider smacking a child is the most cost-effective method of discipline. There are other ways, parents simply do not know them and they suffer [just to be preemptive, I am NOT conflating that the Linux kernel issue is a father-child issue].