* Alexandre François Garreau <galex-...@galex-713.eu> [2019-11-04 09:35]: > Words carry connotation, emotional charge. For instance, look at > these, that could very well be synonyms: > unstable/versatile/flexible/dynamic, stable/rigid/ static. They > could have some nuance, but in some contexts they will mean the same > thing.
Emotions are carried by persons, each person is different, it is not carried by words. Some people are more emotional, some less, some have traumas, and some don't have, we all react differently. It is common agreement all over the world that insults and rude expressions intended to offend or hurt and profanity are not part of good behavior. Yet avoiding to use certain words or speech of any kind for reason that somebody will get emotional charge is wrong. To behave responsibly also means for me not to release my emotional charges onto other others. So even if somebody insults me, I should control my emotions and stay calm, as that is first good for me. Others are passing by, we observe the world. Yet we cannot possibly ask for everybody to suddenly be emotionally free relaxed and not to get offended, for that reason we better strive to be kind in all dealings with members of any kind of community. The pattern of being kind does not mean it is tolerating pattern. It shall not justify or tolerate irrational emotional call-outs (take-down attempts), as what we discussed earlier. That exactly happened because of the tolerance. In my opinion, FSF shall remove those Guix statements from Guix pages, as that is defamation by its definition, it is irrational and emotional and does not fit to Guix well. Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation Defamation (sometimes known as calumny, vilification, or traducement) is the oral or written communication of a false statement about another that unjustly harms their reputation, and usually constitutes a tort or a crime.[1] In several countries, including South Korea[2] and Sweden,[3] communicating a true statement can also be considered defamation. FSF shall not allow attempts of crime to take place on Guix website, as it is GNU project and if that is allowed, it creates potential legal weakness and collapse of many projects. To give a good example of it, Ludovic Courtès could be sued and Guix project could collapse. Defamation and public shaming shall be removed and not tolerated on any of GNU project pages. Jean