On 2014-11-19, Tom Boothby <tomas.boot...@gmail.com> wrote: > In situations where it looks like real abuse has occurred, a committee > of arbiters should exist to rule on it.
Instituting a committee of authorities seems misdirected -- unless one takes an inclusive approach and declares that all participants are hereby authorities. That is, that all participants are equally empowered to complain about bad behavior -- anyone can say to anyone, "cut that shit out", perhaps worded more tactfully, but the same in content at least. About the fabled rudeness of the inhabitants of NYC, I speculate that it's misunderstood by outsiders. What is actually going on is that all citizens feel empowered to complain when anyone breaks a rule. Instead of suffering in silence as someone cuts in line or stands in a doorway, someone just goes ahead and says, "hey, stop it". I'm told (never spent much time there myself) that it makes people more polite, because one knows that one cannot get away with petty misbehavior. I'd like to think the same applies to any informal gathering of humanity. best, Robert Dodier -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
