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

From: Mitch Davis <mjd+lca_at_afork.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 10:01:32 +1100

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 1:29 AM, Ryan Stuart <ryan_at_stuart.id.au> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Jim Cheetham <jim_at_inode.co.nz> wrote:
>>
>> So let's not pretend that Mark was the only person who didn't comply
>> with the unwritten "G-rated" policy.
>
> Couldn't agree more. I also saw a few examples. One even included a fairly
> violent clip from a movie that complemented the talk nicely (the clip was
> stopped fairly quickly when the violence started and it was a female giving
> the talk). If my memory serves me correctly (and a quick check of the video
> suggests it does), Mark's talk wasn't even the only keynote to break the
> G-rating system.

Also: At 11min11sec in Francois Marier's "Freeing the Cloud, one
service at a time" talk, the slide is unnecessarily profane.
http://blip.tv/file/4692974

Also: In Jeff Waugh's talk he said "piss off".

Oh what fun.

Mitch.

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