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).
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."
Any reasonable definition of "safe space" includes that people don't have to worry about encountering someone who may threaten them with violence.
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.
-G.
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On 14-03-13-Thu 5:08 PM, Hol Gaskill wrote:
i'm willing to act as a mediator pursuant to our conflict resolution policy
on Mar 13, 2014, Yardena Cohen <yardenack@gmail.com> wrote:
At this point there have been several informal calls for Xavier to be
banned. After last night's events I reluctantly agree that he should
not be welcome at Sudo until he's accountable for his behavior:
* he made threats of violence towards somebody at Sudo
* he did something similar at Rock Paper Scissors
* he zealously defended other acts of violence committed by a friend of his
I'm willing to act as a mediator, but I'm not confident that the
problem can be resolved.
So I formally propose that he be banned from our space for an
indefinite period. Are there any objections?
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