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I'm all for freedom of self expression. Yes it means there could be a bad joke (damn you!) here and there, or a comment that is edgier than it should be, but he
by wladimir 15y ago
I'm all for freedom of self expression. Yes it means there could be a bad joke (damn you!) here and there, or a comment that is edgier than it should be, but hey we're all human... I do not believe creativity can thrive if you need to sanitize every word, and make everything perfectly dry and businesslike, with the organizers ready to chime in if you make any remotely sexual or racist comment...
- suprgeek 15y agoPlease do not present a false choice - It is not "be sexist, racist, offensive" OR "be dry, businesslike with every word sanitized". Frankly presenters who indulge in this kind of behavior are giving in to the worst kind of intellectual laziness. If the only way they can get people to pay attention to their "incredibly dry sanitized" presentation is by making sexist/racist/<offensive> slides then that talk has no place in the conference to begin with. This is exactly the kind of naive attitude that keeps women away - as another poster has linked would you consider any of this acceptable? http://lwn.net/Articles/417952/ http://lwn.net/Articles/417952/
- wladimir 15y agoNo matter how you try to dress it up, it's simply a matter of (dis)taste. You may not like certain comments, and other people may not like some of your comments. And "that keeps the women away" ahum, so women are now suddenly a group that need to be protected against bad speech? How is that not sexist? Women are not an uniform group with all the same preferences. And yes, gross misbehavior is bad. But more happened there than just some bad words at a talk. Some people in public misbehaved and harassed (specific!) women. There should be guidelines against that, not against bad jokes in talks.