What is acceptable in TLUG?

[Renata Rocha]

I totally agree with everything that has been said, and I shall add -
if we don't start taking some action, by demanding public apology,
banning from the list, etc, these unacceptable attitudes are going to
get more common as there's no punishment.

Censorship would be if we forbade him of saying what he thought. He
already expressed his feelings, now he has to face the consequences of
expressing them. You're free to think, you're free to say, and you
have to bee accountable for what you do.

My 2 cents.
Renata Rocha
http://renata.org


On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Thomas Milne
<thomas.bruce.milne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> On Jan 16, 2014 11:08 AM, "Matt Seburn" <mattseburn-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 3:06 AM, Digimer <lists-5ZoueyuiTZiw5LPnMra/2Q at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> As others have said, this is not a free speech issue. It's not even a
>>> censorship issue.
>>>
>>> Those concepts pertain to government issues. If someone wants to spew
>>> terrible things like this in a public square and people argued that he
>>> should be arrested, then that would be a free speech issue. If the
>>> government says that people can't publish ideas like this, that is
>>> censorship. Even then, our society has placed limits ("yell fire in a
>>> theatre", publishing hate speech, etc).
>>>
>>> What this is, is a decision on how the administrators of this group
>>> wishes to shape this group. If the administration of TLUG decides that
>>> William's comments are fair game, that is their choice.
>>>
>>> So I would like to ask for a formal statement from TLUG on whether
>>> comments like William's are considered acceptable or not.
>>>
>>> Once this policy is stated, members can decide if they wish to support
>>> that policy by remaining members.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you for starting this thread.  I agree with Dave, William's post was
>> absolutely sexual harassment and has no place here.  If the moderators
>> consider that kind of thing acceptable, I will be forced to leave TLUG.
>
> Totally agree.
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