On 17 Oct 2007 at 00:02:23 -0700, Will Beback will.beback.1@gmail.com wrote:
It's even worse if folks are saying that it does exist but that we shouldn't do anything about it. Again, I think that having a clear policy with bright lines will help us reduce the disruption caused by people who are trying to cause disruption by engaging in inappropriate harassment.
I think a lot of what is wrong in the world in general is the result of people (including legislatures) constantly feeling like they need to "do something about" whatever issue or problem people are getting into a big fuss about at the moment... even doing something completely ridiculous, or counterproductive, or actively harmful, is seen as better than doing nothing. A lot of braindead legislation has resulted from this impulse.