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Threats of violence and zealous defense of violence, add up to a
high risk of acts of violence. To my mind that is a cutoff point,
and attempting to mediate only prolongs a high-risk situation and
potentially makes it more emotionally charged (thus increases the
risk). <br>
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This is all the more so if the threats he made, and the acts he
zealously defended, referred to any kind of weapon, other than in
self-defense against an immediate threat to one's own life or the
lives of innocent others. IMHO the best way to handle this is in a
cool and unemotional way: "nothing personal, rules is rules." <br>
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Any reasonable definition of "safe space" includes that people don't
have to worry about encountering someone who may threaten them with
violence. <br>
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Lastly, if you ban him, change any locks or passwords he may have
had access to. Even a key that says "do not duplicate" is not a
deterrent to someone making a copy themselves or having a corrupt
person make one for them. <br>
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-G.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 14-03-13-Thu 5:08 PM, Hol Gaskill
wrote:<br>
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<div>i'm willing to act as a mediator pursuant to our conflict
resolution policy<br>
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<div class="replyBody">on Mar 13, 2014, <b>Yardena Cohen</b>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:yardenack@gmail.com"><yardenack@gmail.com></a> wrote:<br>
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#267fdb; margin: 0 0 0 1.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">At this
point there have been several informal calls for Xavier to be<br>
banned. After last night's events I reluctantly agree that he
should<br>
not be welcome at Sudo until he's accountable for his
behavior:<br>
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* he made threats of violence towards somebody at Sudo<br>
* he did something similar at Rock Paper Scissors<br>
* he zealously defended other acts of violence committed by a
friend of his<br>
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I'm willing to act as a mediator, but I'm not confident that
the<br>
problem can be resolved.<br>
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So I formally propose that he be banned from our space for an<br>
indefinite period. Are there any objections?<br>
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