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À: dng
Sujet: Re: [DNG] Forums: was I have a question about libsystemd0 in devuan ascii,
Oh, that explains it, next time start a new thread and people will be
more likely to respond... sorry just sayin...


On 07/14/2017 09:03 AM, Edward Bartolo wrote:
> Since forums deal with people, how is it possible to put sociology,
> psychology and ethics aside as if the present time were a time from
> several decades ago? Society as a whole, has moved on to the extent,
> that minorities are given a voice that can easily be felt and heard
> both in the media and legally. How is the Devuan Distribution going to
> ethically justify its decision of letting abuse, whatever form that
> may take, to take place on its infrastructure?
>
> Every person should enjoy equal rights, but reading some of the
> preceding argumentation, gives the ethically questionable message that
> some people have lesser rights than others. I am using 'lesser rights'
> to signify the implied message that people with disabilities or with a
> weak personality are better to stay off public forums. This is
> discrimination which is hard to ethically justify. Disabled persons,
> both physically and mentally, should enjoy the same rights. However,
> without moderation this cannot be achieved. They are simply shooed off
> like annoying insects that land on a dinner table in the wrong time.
>
> Whatever some may say, the world as a whole, is moving towards a
> better place to live in with more social acceptance and legal rights.
> Supporting the notion of a forum that is like the 'wild wild west'
> flies in the face of that reality bringing back ghosts from the past
> of rejection and intolerance.
>
> As I am a Devuan user who has contributed with my own time to the
> project, I expect the project to adopt policies that respect
> minorities wholly, irrespective of their characteristics. Other than
> that, it is a pain to see policy adaptions that contradict what is
> today so widely accepted as a basic right.
>