An Open Letter to the Open Source Community

[Rich Johnson]

On Wednesday 23 May 2007, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
[snip]
| It seems to me to all boils down to the fact that the thin-lipped need
| to grow a thicker skin.  Everyone deals every day with goons who don't
| know how to act properly in a host of situations or just with those
| whose ideas and philosophies don't entirely jibe with their own. Most
| times it should slide right off the backs of regular folks.
| This is not to make light of the overall problem, of course, just to
| convey that it could be a lot more serious than it is.

Why should anyone have to "deal with it" or "grow a thicker skin". It 
shouldn't happen in the first place. This "deal with it" or "grow a thicker 
skin" attitude doesn't fly. Every place I have worked for would have replaced 
you in a heartbeat for that type of attitude. Imagine if there weren't Sexual 
Harassment Guidelines, EEO Guidelines, or company policies (in our case the 
Code of Conduct), that is pretty much what you are trying to rid when you use 
the "just deal with it".

We are trying to get a grip, put a curb to it, before it becomes more serious. 
But if we were to maintain the attitude you spoke of, then it is only going 
to get more serious.

-- 
Rich Johnson
nixternal at ubuntu.com
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