[sudo-discuss] Banning Xavier

[Ronald Cotoni]

Hol, Did you read the meeting notes from last week?


On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 5:19 PM, GtwoG PublicOhOne <g2g-public01 at att.net>wrote:

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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).
>
> 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:
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> i'm willing to act as a mediator pursuant to our conflict resolution policy
>
>  on Mar 13, 2014, *Yardena Cohen* <yardenack at gmail.com><yardenack at gmail.com>wrote:
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> 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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Ronald Cotoni
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