> On Sep 21, 2018, at 7:07 AM, Antoine Pitrou <anto...@python.org> wrote: > > > Le 21/09/2018 à 12:55, Christian Heimes a écrit : >> On 21/09/2018 12.46, Antoine Pitrou wrote: >>> >>> Le 21/09/2018 à 02:06, Nathaniel Smith a écrit : >>>> Now sure, that taboo is an American thing, and I wouldn't support >>>> automatically banning someone who used it in genuine ignorance, was >>>> repentant when they realized what they'd done, etc. >>> >>> So why are American taboos specifically forbidden, and not other taboos? >>> Is there anything special about Americans that deserves this? Does it >>> mean that Python is a community for Americans foremost, and others are >>> just second-class participants? The more this is going on, the more it >>> is the impression I get, and things have become distinctly *worse* recently. >> >> I don't understand why you are drawing the reverse conclusion here. Can >> you give me one concrete example, in which a French, German, or any >> other non-US American taboo was violated and not counteracted with swift >> reaction? > > I don't know of specifically French linguistic taboos, so I'm unable to > answer this. French culture generally doesn't ban words wholesale, even > when used in quotes. The very idea that you can't *quote* something > despicable is foreign here. > > But, were it to exist, I have a hard time imagining it would face > immediate permanent banning on python-XXX. And I would be against such > immediate permanent banning, because that's inappropriately strong and > definitive. >
Much of the discussion here has focused on the use of a few words. IMHO, discussing violence, assault, and implying that its okay to accept and trivialize this violence do not belong in posts about the Python language. From the original post: Being triggered by a word this simple is not exactly a sign of mental stability. I know a girl who's been raped more than she can count - but the word doesn't trigger her like this(only makes her want to beat up rapists). If people can do that, then surely a playground insult wont reduce you to tears, right ? > Regards > > Antoine. > _______________________________________________ > python-committers mailing list > python-committers@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-committers > Code of Conduct: https://www.python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ _______________________________________________ python-committers mailing list python-committers@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-committers Code of Conduct: https://www.python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
