Re: [Ghm-discuss] The posh talk does not complain with the policy

[beuc]

Hi,

On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 07:37:41PM +0200, Jose E. Marchesi wrote:
> 
> >From http://www.gnu.org/ghm/policy.html:
> 
>    "Offensive or overly explicit sexual language or imagery is
>     inappropriate during the event, including presentations.
> 
>     Participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled
>     from the meeting at the discretion of the organizers.
> 
>     Harassment includes offensive comments related to gender, sexual
>     orientation, disability, appearance, body size, race, religion,
>     sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking,
>     harassing photography or recording, persistent disruption of talks
>     or other events, repeated unsolicited physical contact, or sexual
>     attention."
>     
> Since I do not desire to be dennounced, prosecuted and finally
> sanctioned or expelled from the event (especially considering the
> physical pain and inconvenience of attending due to my very recent
> accident) I withdraw my intention to lecture "Introducing GNU Posh" at
> the GHM, as it is not compliant with the policy described in the page
> above.
> 
> Please remove the talk from the official schedule.  Thanks.
> 
> PS: for those interested, I may perform the talk off-event in case we
> find a suitable place, we will see..

Yeah, I was pretty surprised we put such a policy online - what was
the motivation?  Was there any issue in a past GHM?

I understand that it's more and more common to see this in larger
events, but that feels wrong... I find this kind of policy condescending.

Should we modify it?

-- 
Sylvain