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I have great respect for Meredith Patterson, and they are making an important point, IMHO

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I'd be glad if "be excellent to each other" was accepted over debating about what could go wrong. Improve on the go.

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The Ruby community already agrees on "being excellent to each other". The CoC is an attempt to enforce political opinions.

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If they agree upon it, what's the problem with writing it down? (I don't follow Ruby drama, for reference)

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written rules have a tendency to become set in stone and be subject to ruleslawyering after a few years. cip wikipedia

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It's rather fascinating to watch but I prefer not to get involved in a CoC debate before I have to. Too complex each.