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I like the shield vs sword distinction. The COC is a bit of a mix: some parts are where we aspire to be the best versions of ourselves and will sometimes fall short, while others are pretty firm hard lines about conduct that won't be tolerated. That's a good thing, because we can't all always be perfect, while we all need to never be bigoted toward each other. I'd hope that people don't use the COC to conflate the two.

Zach Lipton
– Zach Lipton

2018-07-04 07:56:43 +00:00
Commented Jul 4, 2018 at 7:56
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IMHO "You could Google this in 5 seconds" is not subtle.

DavidPostill
– DavidPostill

2018-07-04 10:41:44 +00:00
Commented Jul 4, 2018 at 10:41
tbh... I'll cede that point.

Journeyman Geek
– Journeyman Geek

2018-07-04 10:53:57 +00:00
Commented Jul 4, 2018 at 10:53
"likely to offend" is different from "aimed at offending".

Michael Greinecker
– Michael Greinecker

2018-07-07 15:07:59 +00:00
Commented Jul 7, 2018 at 15:07
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This is intentional

Journeyman Geek
– Journeyman Geek

2018-07-07 15:46:40 +00:00
Commented Jul 7, 2018 at 15:46
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OK, I wasn't aware of this "assume good intentions" part. I'd rather tackle this from the opposite direction, based on Hanlon's Razor : "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity". This is far more universally applicable.

Marco13
– Marco13

2018-07-07 19:08:50 +00:00
Commented Jul 7, 2018 at 19:08
which assumes that well, people are stupid. Which kinda runs counter to "be nice"\

Journeyman Geek
– Journeyman Geek

2018-07-07 19:37:24 +00:00
Commented Jul 7, 2018 at 19:37

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