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Go to the police, writing about it like this on a blog doesn't solve the problem.

by jules 15y ago

MoreMoschops 15y ago
It's been a crime for years and the police don't seem to have been able to stamp it out. Gosh, it's almost as if they can't be everywhere at once and that citizens will have to take some responsibility themselves for what constitutes acceptable social behaviour. Writing about it on blogs and news aggregates and raising awareness is the only way the problem will get solved.
- jules 15y ago
  Stealing has been a crime for years, and the police haven't been able to stamp it out. Is that a reason for not reporting it? If victims weren't reporting stealing to the police, that wouldn't be helping in any way. What good does writing a blog post that as far as we can tell doesn't contain any checkable evidence do? (and I'm not advocating publicly shaming the guy -- again, the legal system is the established road for crimes, and this is no exception).
zdw 15y ago
Or a lawyer. Especially if there's documentation involved. Making a private, nasty situation for the jerk who did this (and possibly a settlement) could probably deter future behavior, at least for this one person.
Tichy 15y ago
Is it illegal ban somebody from a conference for personal reasons?
- zdw 15y ago
  There's no rule that a business has to serve everyone (except for in certain regulated cases like the water company, and even then there are limits). In the situation described, it's definitely not ethical.
  - Tichy 15y ago
    We haven't even heard both sides yet - but even if it is not ethical, I don't think the police enforces ethics, just laws.
    - zdw 15y ago
      Exactly... the other side might be "she tried to flirt her way into the conference for free, and things got out of hand". I highly doubt this given what she's said, but there are three sides to everything (mine, yours, the truth).
  - lukejduncan 15y ago
    Yes, there are certain things you aren't allowed to discriminate against. However, these laws are only applicable to organizations of a certain size. IANAL

Go to the police, writing about it like this on a blog doesn't solve the problem.

by jules 15y ago

Go to the police, writing about it like this on a blog doesn't solve the problem.

It's been a crime for years and the police don't seem to have been able to stamp it out. Gosh, it's almost as if they can't be everywhere at once and that citizens will have to take some responsibility themselves for what constitutes acceptable social behaviour. Writing about it on blogs and news aggregates and raising awareness is the only way the problem will get solved.

jules 15y ago
Stealing has been a crime for years, and the police haven't been able to stamp it out. Is that a reason for not reporting it? If victims weren't reporting stealing to the police, that wouldn't be helping in any way. What good does writing a blog post that as far as we can tell doesn't contain any checkable evidence do? (and I'm not advocating publicly shaming the guy -- again, the legal system is the established road for crimes, and this is no exception).

zdw 15y ago

Or a lawyer. Especially if there's documentation involved. Making a private, nasty situation for the jerk who did this (and possibly a settlement) could probably deter future behavior, at least for this one person.

Tichy 15y ago

Is it illegal ban somebody from a conference for personal reasons?

zdw 15y ago
There's no rule that a business has to serve everyone (except for in certain regulated cases like the water company, and even then there are limits). In the situation described, it's definitely not ethical.
- Tichy 15y ago
  We haven't even heard both sides yet - but even if it is not ethical, I don't think the police enforces ethics, just laws.
  - zdw 15y ago
    Exactly... the other side might be "she tried to flirt her way into the conference for free, and things got out of hand". I highly doubt this given what she's said, but there are three sides to everything (mine, yours, the truth).
- lukejduncan 15y ago
  Yes, there are certain things you aren't allowed to discriminate against. However, these laws are only applicable to organizations of a certain size. IANAL