OpenSUSE adopts a new code of conduct
OpenSUSE adopts a new code of conduct
Posted Apr 4, 2022 7:25 UTC (Mon) by anselm (subscriber, #2796)In reply to: OpenSUSE adopts a new code of conduct by milesrout
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So what? If you choose to subscribe to an ideology that forbids something many people enjoy, that's a choice you make. If you choose to become pregnant and can't drink alcohol, that's your choice. If you choose to abstain, that's your choice. You aren't being excluded, you exclude yourself.
Leaving aside the obvious issue that for some women pregnancy isn't an active choice, the last time I checked (which admittedly is some time ago) even in a pub it wasn't mandatory to consume alcohol. Presumably letting the non-drinkers in a group dictate that the rest mustn't drink around them is exactly as bad, from a CoC POV, as lettings the drinkers dictate that the rest must. But a reasonable CoC should not try to control what people have in their glasses in the first place.
Posted Apr 4, 2022 18:00 UTC (Mon)
by nybble41 (subscriber, #55106)
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No, the latter is much worse. The drinkers can always drink their preferred alcoholic beverages some other time, but the non-drinkers can't just hold off on *not drinking* for a while. Forbidding alcoholic beverages during an event is a commonplace requirement, if only to avoid dealing with the aftermath of over-consumption, while requiring all participants to drink alcohol really would be exclusionary.
Also, while one can in principle always choose not to drink even when the venue for the gathering is a customary drinking establishment such as a pub, some (such as recovering alcoholics) would reasonably consider that an unnecessarily hostile environment. It's fine if everyone interested in participating consents, but if not then there are other, more inclusive, options.
OpenSUSE adopts a new code of conduct