From b2c50f9b760ad98fae59340a319803b048442766 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrick Spek <p.spek@tyil.work>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2018 23:04:34 +0200
Subject: Rewrite part of the first talk feedback

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diff --git a/_posts/2018-08-15-the-perl-conference-in-glasgow.adoc b/_posts/2018-08-15-the-perl-conference-in-glasgow.adoc
index 6ba1eae..21b87d7 100644
--- a/_posts/2018-08-15-the-perl-conference-in-glasgow.adoc
+++ b/_posts/2018-08-15-the-perl-conference-in-glasgow.adoc
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ fallacies to promote her ideology. Most notably, she pointed out the
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argumentum_ad_populum[_argumentum ad populum_].
 This basically means that just because a lot of people do or say something,
 doesn't make it right. And this applies to the idea that we need to push the
-diversity ideology in the Perl community.
+diversity ideology in the Perl community as well.
 
 Another thing which slightly bothered me is the useless spin into radical
 feminist ideology, which has no place on the Perl conference. We're not at a
@@ -68,23 +68,30 @@ interested in civil discourse to come to an agreement together with everyone.
 Instead, she'd rather strike down any and all who don't completely accept her
 ideology.
 
-While discussing her points for instating certain rules such as a code of
-conduct in one of the IRC channels I moderate, I was pointed towards
-https://shiromarieke.github.io/coc.html[a very interesting article], which I
-would recommend to the speaker and anyone else reading this. If we truly need
-to have a code of conduct at the Perl community, I'd like to propose the text
-from this particular poster, found all around the conference:
-
-image::https://matrix.org/_matrix/media/v1/download/matrix.org/ZAHwJvcPyKLIgnDqWBxJyctD[Perl Code of Conduct, 400, 600, role="center"]
-
-Additionally, I'd like to leave this particular quote to the speaker herself,
-which was written on the wall of one of the rooms during the conference:
+She seemed very much in favour of an overly broad code of conduct as well, of
+which I am also a strong opponent. There are various articles online, such as 
+https://shiromarieke.github.io/coc.html[this one], which show that just
+slapping a generic, vague code of conduct to a community isn't going to solve
+the issue of trolls or harmful behaviour. There's
+http://quillette.com/2017/07/18/neurodiversity-case-free-speech/[another great
+article] that I was pointed towards that highlight how this attempt to censor
+people for the sake of not offending anyone can effectively halt creativity and
+the exchange of ideas. There was also an interesting quote written on one of
+the walls of the venue:
 
 [quote, Oscar Romero]
 ____
 Aspire not to have more, but to be more...
 ____
 
+Don't try to add meaningless documents such as a code of conduct, which more
+often than not hurts a community instead of improving it. Try to be a better
+person that tries to solve actual issues without harming the community at
+large. Be the adult in the conversation that can take an insult, and still be
+kind.
+https://rakudo.party/post/On-Troll-Hugging-Hole-Digging-and-Improving-Open-Source-Communities#hug2:feedthehandthatbitesyou[Remember
+to hug the troll], and the chances are he will eventually hug you back.
+
 == European Perl Mongers Organiser's Forum 2018
 
 The Perl community isn't big nowadays, which is sad. The Perl 6 language also
@@ -256,5 +263,6 @@ even reach contributors from outside the regular Perl circles. This might even
 bring in new partnerships (or sponsors) towards the Perl community.
 
 Personally, I'd like to see something like this to be written in Perl 6. This
-way, it could also be used as a showcase project for Perl 6.
+way, it could also be used as a showcase project for the Perl 6 programming
+language.
 
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