Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> writes: > And on that note, shouldn't participants on this list follow the > Python code of conduct[1]? Specifically, I don't see a lot of > adherence to the mandate to be "tactful when approaching differing > views" in this debate :-(
Yes, we should all adhere to the forum's Code of Conduct. Where I've not done that – and certainly it happens often enough – I want to know, and to work harder to live up to it, without compromising the critical examination of ideas expressed. > Tact isn't about explaining how what *you* said shouldn't be taken the > way the other person appears to be taking it. It's about accepting > that the other person took your words in a particular way, and > acknowledging and dealing with the fact that their interpretation is > real to them, and should not be dismissed as "mistaken". I accept all of that, and I do think tact is too often in short supply. -- \ “Begin with false premises and you risk reaching false | `\ conclusions. Begin with falsified premises and you forfeit your | _o__) authority.” —Kathryn Schulz, 2015-10-19 | Ben Finney -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
