[hackerspaces] Safe Space Policies?

[Red Davies]

The problem with enumerating rules and policies is that hackers will always
ALWAYS go out of their way to test those rules.  You create rules, we will
fuck with you.  That's what we do.

You don't create culture with a checklist.  Culture is created by the
people who are already there.

If you like your culture, keep the people who are there and welcome people
who want to be a part of that culture.  If you don't like your culture then
maybe you should find another pool to swim in.

Also, Al - I think you did Matt a disservice when you paraphrased him
poorly by suggesting that he wanted only white, het, male geeks.

He said no such thing.



On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 10:21 PM, Moritz <moritz at headstrong.de> wrote:

> matt,
>
> Well says, kudos.
>
> To add to that, I travel a lot, but only US Americans seem to have this
> strange belief in signs. Are you all that brainwashed by insurance
> companies? A sign shows that something is broken already. For me, "Anti
> Harassment Policies" are a sign that there likely *is* harassment. A
> healthy community/hackerspace should not need any policies like that,
> and simply writing something down and sticking it on the wall is not
> going to magically solve anything.
>
> Over all the crap bullshit that they're feeding us, people seemingly
> have forgotten how to *talk* to each other. Instead, they come up with
> drama.
>
> If you want to discuss, get back to me in person. This is not going
> anywhere unless we take it offline.
>
> --mo
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