|"Ronald> The real question is: do we want rules or do we trust that |"Ronald> everyone will behave as mature individuals. |" |" I think that past experience shows that peope can't be |" expected to behave as mature individulas, at least not all people, |" all of the time.
That's what I said in the paragraph following this. |"Ronald> I'd like to opt for the latter, although I know that the |"Ronald> occasional tiff (or is that with one 'f') will occur anyway, |"Ronald> people being what they are. People feel strongly about a |"Ronald> project like Debian and in my opinion, that is good for the |"Ronald> project because it lessens the chance of inertia. |" |" Strong opinions do not necessitate crude and offensive |" language ;-). No, but 'offensive language' (or 'spirited words') is more likely to occasionally appear. |"Ronald> Mutual respect should be earned and not enforced by rules. |" |" Quite so. But even you say "should", not is. Mutual respect is and can never be enforced by rules. Respect is a personal thing. It's either there or it isn't. |" I would not be opposed to a note in the charter of the mailing |" lists that said repeated abusive or disruptive behaviour on the lists |" could lead to corrective action, like digestifying a persons posts or |" even expulsion (I think the list maintainer reserves the right to do |" so anyway, right?) Depends. I personally don't think that `technical' lists like this should have a list-maintainer in any other capacity than an administrative one. A note in the charter wouldn't heard, but I feel a bit ambivalent towards formalizing common decency. Ronald van Loon ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
