Hi Paul, Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Fear of speaking or fear of reading - both are not ideal. The balance of respectful discourse likely falls somewhere between the two. Context is important. I wonder though if the author's intent was constructive comment... On Fri, Sep 21, 2018, 8:01 AM Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 at 12:38, Carol Willing <willi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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 ? > > I agree - *but* there's a whole lot more I wish I could say, about > context, and looking at how the conversation reached that point. > > But I won't, because frankly I'm scared to do so. I don't trust myself > to explain my feelings without doing so in a way that people find > offensive, and suffering a backlash that I didn't intend to trigger, > and which won't help the discussion. > > I'm not sure that "I'm too scared to participate in this discussion" > is where we want to be, though... > Paul >
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