[CREATE] Code of Conduct

["Christoph Schäfer"]

Hi Susan,

>> The discussion about keeping people safe and providing a reasonable assurance of a respectful environment has been all over the web for years.  

These are two completely distinct issues.

>> I can't possibly cover all the bases about this, especially to everyone's satisfaction.  I'm sorry if this sounds like I'm avoiding the issue, 

But that's exactly what you do. 

>> but truly there is so much content that I would be spending several days trying to provide you a synopsis.  

If I want to publish a paper in a peer-reviewed scientific magazine, a footnote following your model ("[T]here is so much content that I would be spending several days trying to provide [...] a synopsis.") would immediately disqualify the whole text. I also didn't ask for a synopsis. I asked some very simple questions, which I'll repeat:

Your bold statement was: "CoCs help keep people safe."

Original reply from me (I changed Q to S -- for "statement"):

>> S: "Both are necessary."
>>C: Please explain why.

No answer so far.

As to the other questions, you cavalierly ignored them, so let me repeat them, one by one:

- Please explain how a CoC can help to keep people safe.

- Define who's being threatened.

- Who's the threat?

- What's the threat?

- Who's the safeguard against threats?

- If a threat can't be identified with a single person or a group, please define what else should be considered a threat and how a CoC can "help (to) keep people safe" other than law enforcement or civic common sense.

Would you mind answering them? Examples would be sufficient.

Your Norwegian example is pretty weak, btw, since this is boilerplate legal language in many European states.

Christoph