Hi,
On 07.11.2017 07:29, Yuri Astrakhan wrote:
> Please keep discussion to constructive suggestions and ideas - they help
> us all move forward and reach agreement.
I have a general remark about statements like the above, that is not
related to your specific tool.
Statements like this are aimed at silencing opposition. But that is
neither fair, nor right, nor a good way for a community to move forward.
Opposition must be allowed, and people who are in opposition must not be
cast as "negative" (="bad").
Just imagine if someone suggested something outrageous ("Let's deport
all foreigners from or village") and then if someone says "no", they are
told: "Please keep discussion to constructive suggestions and ideas".
("If you have a better idea on how to get rid of foreigners, we're all
ears!")
There are many ideas that are broken beyond repair, where the basic
tenets are already so wrong that no constructive suggestion can ever
make it good. Rejecting such ideas is good, and a valuable contribution.
Please don't try to silence opposing voices by limiting discussion to
"constructive suggestions".
As I said, this is not aimed specifically at you; I think the last time
I said it was in a discussion about a tree import where the importers
asked critics to simply take their energy elsewhere instead of being
"negative" about the import.
Bye
Frederik
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