Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF mailing lists

Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com> Sat, 11 June 2022 23:04 UTC

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Subject: Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF mailing lists
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On 6/11/22 18:12, Joel Halpern wrote:

> If I am reading your email correctly, most of your concern is about 
> the vague definition and vague applicaiton of "rude".
>
> As far as I know, the terms of reference use terms like "personal 
> attack" and other descriptions which are much less vague.  We tend to 
> use "rude" as the shorthand for the discussions of the topic rather 
> than reciting the defintions and descriptions in the RFCs.
>
> Do you see the RFCs referring to "rude"?
>
I'm mostly responding to Jay here.   But the RFCs use derivatives of 
"[un]professional" which are equally problematic.

Keith