> Under what circumstances should the community surrounding an open source project be obliged to associate with Jacob Appelbaum?
Well. At least we're making *some* progress…
But: do you mean *before* of *after* you have expanded years of efforts plastering posters picturing him as the devil incarnate all over town?
Because that makes it a tad more difficult to come to a resolution which is acceptable to everybody, doesn't it, Matthew?
In any case, when I suggest that you should stop pretending to be a judge (if not judge and party; I don't know the details!) in some kind of secret court where only "professionals" have access to evidence (cf. your recent tweets), it's not because I want to fill those shoes! We both are incompetent.
Anyway: the "community surrounding an open source project" is not a jurisdiction; it's just a subset of society which has been drawn along some accidental fault lines. Please stop pretending that you are able to discern characteristics which make it so special that it needs its own notion of justice and tribunals—doubly so when the latter are patterned on a Monty Pythonesque vision of the middle ages.
We can rephrase your question:
>> Under what circumstances should *a group of friends* be obliged to associate with Jacob Appelbaum?
The answer is pretty clear: never, why would they be? Now, replace "a group of friends" with "the village." With "the city." With "the world." Or you can go in another dimension: "An employer"? "A customer"?
What is the reach of your posters, Matthew? Are you going to be the "judge" in all these cases? What makes you believe that you are somehow qualified, and that your endless "burn her!" and "MASA!" cries are unquestionably good for society?
Worse, still: your latest post was not about Jacob Applebaum, was it? So am I correct assuming that you (and your secret tribunal) are fighting a new "Zombie Hitler"—to take your idiotic, but revealing, example—and that you have taken it upon yourself to crush it at all costs?
-D
P.-S. — If I understand correctly, Applebaum still hasn't been convicted of anything?! I had mistakenly assumed—partly because of your megaphone—that some things had been proven, and that conviction was on its way… but that doesn't seem to be the case at all!
So not only are your constant character assassination efforts distasteful, they don't rest on anything tangible besides the personal experience of a small group. I'm sorry for those who consider themselves as victims, but please stop misrepresenting the universal recognition of the deeds!
In general, please stop relentlessly mounting kafkaesque, inescapable, intemporal "devices" to lock up the monster-of-the-week, Matthew. You're watching too much TV. You're not "Judge Dredd" + "Ghostbusters," all in one hero. And there is no "Zombie Hitler"—only other humans.
Re: "Discipline"? "Members"? What kind of "community" are you talking about?
Well. At least we're making *some* progress…
But: do you mean *before* of *after* you have expanded years of efforts plastering posters picturing him as the devil incarnate all over town?
Because that makes it a tad more difficult to come to a resolution which is acceptable to everybody, doesn't it, Matthew?
In any case, when I suggest that you should stop pretending to be a judge (if not judge and party; I don't know the details!) in some kind of secret court where only "professionals" have access to evidence (cf. your recent tweets), it's not because I want to fill those shoes! We both are incompetent.
Anyway: the "community surrounding an open source project" is not a jurisdiction; it's just a subset of society which has been drawn along some accidental fault lines. Please stop pretending that you are able to discern characteristics which make it so special that it needs its own notion of justice and tribunals—doubly so when the latter are patterned on a Monty Pythonesque vision of the middle ages.
We can rephrase your question:
>> Under what circumstances should *a group of friends* be obliged to associate with Jacob Appelbaum?
The answer is pretty clear: never, why would they be? Now, replace "a group of friends" with "the village." With "the city." With "the world." Or you can go in another dimension: "An employer"? "A customer"?
What is the reach of your posters, Matthew? Are you going to be the "judge" in all these cases? What makes you believe that you are somehow qualified, and that your endless "burn her!" and "MASA!" cries are unquestionably good for society?
Worse, still: your latest post was not about Jacob Applebaum, was it? So am I correct assuming that you (and your secret tribunal) are fighting a new "Zombie Hitler"—to take your idiotic, but revealing, example—and that you have taken it upon yourself to crush it at all costs?
-D
P.-S. — If I understand correctly, Applebaum still hasn't been convicted of anything?! I had mistakenly assumed—partly because of your megaphone—that some things had been proven, and that conviction was on its way… but that doesn't seem to be the case at all!
So not only are your constant character assassination efforts distasteful, they don't rest on anything tangible besides the personal experience of a small group. I'm sorry for those who consider themselves as victims, but please stop misrepresenting the universal recognition of the deeds!
In general, please stop relentlessly mounting kafkaesque, inescapable, intemporal "devices" to lock up the monster-of-the-week, Matthew. You're watching too much TV. You're not "Judge Dredd" + "Ghostbusters," all in one hero. And there is no "Zombie Hitler"—only other humans.