- From: Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:13:52 -0400
- To: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Cc: Sam Ruby <rubys@us.ibm.com>, Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>, John Foliot <foliot@wats.ca>, steve@w3.org, timbl@w3.org, jbrewer@w3.org, 'wai-ig list' <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>, wai-xtech@w3.org, public-html@w3.org, www-html@w3.org
Hi, Maciej- I don't think I understand what your goal or view is in debating this issue. I suspect this may be debate for debate's sake. Rather than debate the finer points of any particular argument, maybe we can start to clear up the issue by establishing some basic premises (since I agree that often arguments are born out of misunderstandings): Do you agree that there is a prevailing combative (and potentially repressive) tone on this list? If you do agree that there is a negative tone, do you think that this tone is serving the larger good for the community and for the technology? If so, what's this perceived advantage? If you don't think think that is is for the better to permit it to continue, do you have a pragmatic alternative solution to establishing a "banning policy" (or other such remonstrative measure)? If you don't think that there is such a tone, how can we more effectively clear up the widely-held perception that there is? (Though I address Maciej directly since he has been actively debating this, I welcome replies from anyone.) p.s. I am also not in favor of a banning policy, so I'm hoping for another way out of this other than a tedious case-by-case remediation effort by the Chairs and the Staff Contact, which would be a waste of everyone's time. p.p.s. "Why can't we all just get along?" Thanks- -Doug Schepers W3C Staff Contact, SVG, CDF, and WebAPI
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