On Sep 21, 2018, at 7:07 AM, Antoine Pitrou antoine@python.org wrote:
Le 21/09/2018 à 12:55, Christian Heimes a écrit :
On 21/09/2018 12.46, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
Le 21/09/2018 à 02:06, Nathaniel Smith a écrit :
Now sure, that taboo is an American thing, and I wouldn't support automatically banning someone who used it in genuine ignorance, was repentant when they realized what they'd done, etc.
So why are American taboos specifically forbidden, and not other taboos? Is there anything special about Americans that deserves this? Does it mean that Python is a community for Americans foremost, and others are just second-class participants? The more this is going on, the more it is the impression I get, and things have become distinctly *worse* recently.
I don't understand why you are drawing the reverse conclusion here. Can you give me one concrete example, in which a French, German, or any other non-US American taboo was violated and not counteracted with swift reaction?
I don't know of specifically French linguistic taboos, so I'm unable to answer this. French culture generally doesn't ban words wholesale, even when used in quotes. The very idea that you can't *quote* something despicable is foreign here.
But, were it to exist, I have a hard time imagining it would face immediate permanent banning on python-XXX. And I would be against such immediate permanent banning, because that's inappropriately strong and definitive.
Much of the discussion here has focused on the use of a few words.
IMHO, discussing violence, assault, and implying that its okay to accept and trivialize this violence do not belong in posts about the Python language.
From the original post:
Being triggered by a word this simple is not exactly a sign of mental stability. I know a girl who's been raped more than she can count - but the word doesn't trigger her like this(only makes her want to beat up rapists). If people can do that, then surely a playground insult wont reduce you to tears, right ?
Regards
Antoine.
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