[Numpy-discussion] Adoption of a Code of Conduct (original) (raw)

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Fri Aug 3 03:51:01 EDT 2018

On Thu, 2 Aug 2018 14:58:05 -0700 Nathaniel Smith <njs at pobox.com> wrote:

Now if you see "religion" there, then what does that tell you? Maybe it means that these people are really excited about protecting oppressive religions. Or... maybe it means that they're opposed to anti-semitism, Islamophobia, etc. That would be a pretty obvious interpretation too, and makes a lot more sense in the context of the rest of the text. Of course you're not certain, and yeah, maybe someone will harass you and then claim it's because of their religion and then the community will point at the CoC and take their side. It's possible. But seeing that word isn't a huge red flag either. What about "political affiliation"? Well, if it's the US in the 1950s, obviously they're taking a brave stand against McCarthyism... but that's probably not what jumps to anyone's mind today :-). Context matters! Especially in the OSCON case, where apparently they slipped "political affiliation" into their CoC immediately after the US election in 2016, without telling anyone or giving any explanation. That's like... perfectly designed to make people nervous and suspicious about their intentions.

I think we're coming back to what other posters said. If "political opinion" sends more of a red flag than "religion", then it probably says a lot about US society.

Now the question is whether the CoC should be American or global. Personally, I'm ok with an American CoC, as long as it only applies to Americans ;-)

Regards

Antoine.

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