Although I'm pretty much a "lurker" on this list, I have been reading it daily for 7 or 8 years and can't recall any instances of rudeness, bullying, or other untoward behavior by anyone. There have been a couple of instances of someone interjecting a political opinion which was either silently ignored or promptly dismissed with an admonition that this was not the place for such expression and that was the end of it. Did I miss an incident that prompted this?
On Tue, Jul 13, 2021, 8:31 AM Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > On Tuesday 13 July 2021 07:44:53 Mark Wendt wrote: > > > And there are a lot of us who are pretty disgusted with the attitudes > > of those on this list who feel that something like this is totally > > necessary. > > > > Mark > > Put me down in that column. I am all for ignoring it, and this list going > back to one of the most helpfull lists on the net. This is destroying > us. > > > On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 6:37 AM Valerio Bellizzomi > > <vale...@selnet.org> > > > > wrote: > > > I am disgusted by the reactions of detractors of the CoC which Jeff > > > proposed, and by being attacked privately like an enemy for my own > > > freely-shared opinions. > > > > > > That is why I am going to set digest mode on for the mailing list, > > > so that I will read messages once every month and not be harassed > > > every day by this useless anti-CoC endeavour, which is a distraction > > > that diverts my time from useful work. So you know that whatever you > > > post it will be read at end of the month and not immediately. > > > > > > Taking now to private mail messages off-list: I have set a filter > > > for marking as spam everything from this list with off-list > > > destination to my private address, exception for the list admins. > > > Those who insist writing off-list to this private address will be > > > reported to their respective mail providers, again exception for the > > > list admins. > > > > > > > > > Stay well and God be with you. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > > > From: Bruce Layne <linux...@thinkingdevices.com> > > > To: Valerio Bellizzomi <vale...@selnet.org> > > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users - OFF LIST] Code of Conduct > > > Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2021 00:03:31 -0400 > > > Mailer: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 > > > Thunderbird/78.11.0 > > > > > > > > > > > > On 7/12/21 9:21 PM, Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: > > > LinuxCNC is a rare case in such, a blinkenlight in the darkness. > > > See if that endures after the mess. > > > > > > That sounds a bit like an arsonist taking credit for a fire. The > > > mess was caused by the Code of Conduct being forced on the > > > community, and now it's threatening to destroy the community. > > > > > > From my perspective, it sounds like, "LinuxCNC has never needed a > > > Code of Conduct, but we're going to force you to have one, and if > > > you resist, we'll destroy LinuxCNC. You can either give in to our > > > demands and exploit LinuxCNC as a vehicle to extend our political > > > beliefs, or we'll destroy LinuxCNC and you'll have nothing." > > > > > > The sad part is, the second law of thermodynamics implies that it's > > > easier to destroy rather than create. There are plenty of recent > > > examples of a few politically motivated individuals destroying > > > projects, doxing people and getting them fired, bullying > > > corporations into making political statements, etc. It's called > > > cancel culture and it's feared with good reason. It took a lot of > > > work to build Rome but it was comparatively a simple and easy thing > > > for the Visigoths to destroy it. > > > > > > As an engineer, I see myself as a builder - someone who is working > > > to reverse entropy to create, and not a modern day Visigoth using > > > entropy to destroy what others have created. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Emc-users mailing list > > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. > - Louis D. Brandeis > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users