I don't believe virtue signaling can ever substitute for actual virtue. If, however, a failure to signal virtue is interpreted as a vice, then this is a sticky situation indeed. There is the argument that if everyone behaved we wouldn't need laws, but there is also the argument that people still misbehave even with laws. I do not have shoulders high enough to stand on to get a clear view of this topic (I'm quite sure such heights have never been reached). What I do know is that I resent CoCs as much as I resent software agreements which I must acquiesce to in order to use something. I don't believe they are a good idea. But in the end I always click "agree" and install the software anyway.
On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 5:46 PM, Neil Van Dyke <[email protected]> wrote: > Unfortunately, event "codes of conduct" started, in part, as reactions to > actual bad behavior at some (non-Racket) events. > > I agree that RacketCon doesn't need a code of conduct to tell people how > to behave. But people relatively new to Racket might not know that. > Hence, the conventional "code of conduct", or maybe simply a statement that > affirms that everyone is welcome. > > For all I know, the following might suffice as a welcoming statement. :) > > Matthias Felleisen wrote on 06/17/2017 02:50 PM: > >> Racketeers were raised properly by their parents and are well behaved. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
