[Noisebridge-discuss] process, banning, etc

[Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson]

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On Feb 24, 2011, at 8:06 AM, Lee Worden wrote:
> TL;DR: the Hell or High Water book is relevant.  One part of their 
> position is that even in a pure anarchist utopia, even someone who 
> clearly did something horrible should have some kind of due process in 
> which the charges are stated clearly and publicly and the accused is 
> permitted to respond clearly and publicly.
> 

And there is also a genuine problem (as also faced by the Swedish court system, which is currently being painted as anti-human-rights for the Assange mess) in that actually publicizing details of harassment charges is in itself a component in making spaces unsafe.

Due process is important. And being able to respond to charges is important too. I do not however feel that the current approach — with records that can be viewed on request, and a discussion item in (just under) a week is particularly damaging to this standard.

Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson, Dr.rer.nat.
Postdoctoral researcher
mik at math.stanford.edu



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