Dr. Bas Wijnen - 24.03.22, 10:50:47 CET: > There is work to be done. Uneasy work. But important to do, > nonetheless. > > There was work to be done. It has been done. The result is that > Norbert was sanctioned. Please accept that and stop pretending that > the debate is still ongoing.
Just one thing: There is no pretending there. This thread clearly shows it. The Debian community is not unequivocally sure, i.e. in agreement, about all of this. That can clearly be proven from this very mailing list thread. The notion that a certain process has been followed, by certain rules, makes no statement on whether there is disagreement or agreement within the Debian community about this. At all. Claiming otherwise is trying to exercise power to silence people by creating a division that somehow only some people of the thread are part of the Debian community and others, namely those who dissented, are not. I see this in my inbox as well as people wrote to me what they do not like to post publicly. Replies to me are private. So I won't share more than that I received several supportive mails privately about this topic. But I am concerned of receiving private replies as it clearly shows that people are afraid to speak out. I leave it at that. I made my statement and I stand by it. Just one more clarification: I made no statement on what Norbert is accused to have done. All I was asking for is to really evaluate all sides of the story instead of applying double standards. Also do not educate me about abuse. I know how it feels. Being incarnated as a man does not automatically exempt one from abuse. Far from it. All this putting into categories is adding to the division. -- Martin