I get what you're saying but a counterpoint is that we don't accept these things in other situations or question the outcome. If one of us went into work and dr

I get what you're saying but a counterpoint is that we don't accept these things in other situations or question the outcome. If one of us went into work and dropped the n-bomb, even if it was to prove some point, we'd mostly likely still get fired and no one would really question this. The company you work for is not your personal soapbox to stand on and air your personal grievances at the expense of others and the company. We all accept that type of behavior isn't conducive to a professional environment and when people get fired for it we don't question it. Why should an open-source project be any different? If these individuals feel that strongly about it then they can just fork Perl. These people just want to have their cake and eat it too at the expense of others.