Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF mailing lists
John C Klensin <john-ietf@jck.com> Tue, 07 June 2022 01:52 UTC
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Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2022 21:51:42 -0400
From: John C Klensin <john-ietf@jck.com>
To: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>, Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com>, ietf@ietf.org
Subject: Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF mailing lists
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--On Tuesday, June 7, 2022 08:56 +1200 Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> wrote: > On 06-Jun-22 23:56, Keith Moore wrote: >> On 6/6/22 04:20, tom petch wrote: >> >>> I saw an apology for the use of '...considered harmful' >>> recently and was suprised that that phrase was .. well >>> considered harmful >> >> This makes me wonder: how is making a reference to a letter >> that's rather famous in Computer Science history any >> different that referring to any established technical term or >> concept? Granted not absolutely everyone will have heard of >> that letter, but is it really hostile to newcomers to use >> well-established language of the subject domain that we work >> in when that language isn't, say, sexist or racist? Is > it hostile >> to newcomers to refer to the end-to-end principle? > > I suspect that, as always, context is everything. If somebody > had written > a draft "6to4 considered harmful" some years ago, I don't > think that > Keith or I would have been upset. (If you don't get that, see > RFC 3056.) > But if they had written a draft "Carpenter and Moore > considered harmful" > we would have been quite angry. Somewhere in between is > "Carpenter and Moore's > work considered harmful" - I'm really not sure how I would > have reacted to that. > > As a matter of fact that work was subject to a lot of > criticism, as was its > extension by RFC 3068, but I don't recall a single ad hominem > comment. > > We can be critical without being rude. Brian, I think the problems arise when almost any attempt to be critical is interpreted as being at least disrespectful even if not actually rude. john
- Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF maili… John C Klensin
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Keith Moore
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Michael Richardson
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Keith Moore
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Bob Hinden
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… John C Klensin
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… John C Klensin
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… John C Klensin
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… John C Klensin
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… tom petch
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Pete Resnick
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… John C Klensin
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Benjamin Kaduk
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… John C Klensin
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Lars Eggert
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Carsten Bormann
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Lars Eggert
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Pete Resnick
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… John C Klensin
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… John C Klensin
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… tom petch
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Michael Richardson
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… John C Klensin
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… tom petch
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… John C Klensin
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Murray S. Kucherawy
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… tom petch
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Keith Moore
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… John C Klensin
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… John C Klensin
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Joel Halpern
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Donald Eastlake
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… S Moonesamy
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Lloyd W
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Jay Daley
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Keith Moore
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Jay Daley
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Miles Fidelman
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Keith Moore
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Keith Moore
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Joel Halpern
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Keith Moore
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Joel Halpern
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Keith Moore
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Abdussalam Baryun
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Abdussalam Baryun
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… S Moonesamy
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Keith Moore
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… S Moonesamy
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Lloyd W
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Warren Kumari
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Lloyd W
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Keith Moore
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Keith Moore
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Barry Leiba
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Keith Moore
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Tim Bray
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Keith Moore
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Dan Harkins
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Phillip Hallam-Baker
- Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experienced … Keith Moore
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Barry Leiba
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Dan Harkins
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Keith Moore
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Lloyd W
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Viktor Dukhovni
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Barry Leiba
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Keith Moore
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Barry Leiba
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Keith Moore
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Miles Fidelman
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Miles Fidelman
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… John Levine
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Keith Moore
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Abdussalam Baryun
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… S Moonesamy
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Nick Hilliard
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Keith Moore
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Dan Harkins
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Keith Moore
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Miles Fidelman
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Miles Fidelman
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Keith Moore
- Re: Harassment, abuse, accountability. and IETF m… Jen Linkova
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Phillip Hallam-Baker
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Keith Moore
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Wes Hardaker
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Keith Moore
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Lloyd W
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Abdussalam Baryun
- RE: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Rob Wilton (rwilton)
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Keith Moore
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Nick Hilliard
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Keith Moore
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Lloyd W
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Keith Moore
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Nick Hilliard
- RE: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Rob Wilton (rwilton)
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Miles Fidelman
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Nick Hilliard
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Phillip Hallam-Baker
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Phillip Hallam-Baker
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… John Levine
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Keith Moore
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Miles Fidelman
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Miles Fidelman
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… tom petch
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Lloyd W
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… John Levine
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Tim Bray
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Miles Fidelman
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Miles Fidelman
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Keith Moore
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Keith Moore
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Joel Halpern
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Keith Moore
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Miles Fidelman
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Miles Fidelman
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Keith Moore
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… John Levine
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… S Moonesamy
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Keith Moore
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Miles Fidelman
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… John Levine
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Keith Moore
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Miles Fidelman
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Miles Fidelman
- Re: Bad/Good ideas and damage control by experien… Miles Fidelman