Re: [LCA2011-Chat] Some Anti-Harassment Policies considered harmful

From: Tom Eastman <tom.eastman_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2011 22:45:03 +1300

On 01/02/11 16:27, David Woodhouse wrote:
> I am very supportive of women in our community, and would very much like
> it to be a more welcoming environment.



On 02/02/11 22:22, David Woodhouse wrote:
> I now find myself wondering how how many of these 'reports of genuine
> harassment' are actually cases where the perpetrator, if not in a police
> cell, ought to be put in the stocks outside the rego desk and have
> rotten fruit thrown at him — and how many of them are *much* less
> clear-cut than that.
>
> For me, the OTT policy that LCA2011 adopted in replacement of LCA2010's
> existing T&Cs, and the seemingly indiscriminate application of that
> policy, have made me *much* less sympathetic to The Cause and much more
> inclined to take any such claims with a *serious* pinch of salt.


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