Re: Tolerance

Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com> Wed, 17 July 2019 13:12 UTC

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Subject: Re: Tolerance
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From: Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com>
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On 7/17/19 9:03 AM, S Moonesamy wrote:

> The following sentence is from a RFC: "The IETF strives, through these 
> guidelines for conduct, to create and maintain an environment in which 
> every person is treated with dignity, decency, and respect".  Should 
> the sentence be removed from the RFC?

IMO, the RFC text should reflect the consensus of the community about 
what it strives to do, even if in reality it falls short of that ideal.

(If we didn't care at all, we wouldn't be having this conversation about 
how to strike a balance between competing concerns - all of which are 
about suppression of input.)

Keith