Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom Subject: Re: Readercon code of conduct Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 11:49:53 +0200 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <9393ee7f-7ba4-c7d0-c609-2f35aec7b748@example.net> References: <3dfd2422-46a9-df93-e910-c609586832a7@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="2169308"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2562 Lines: 39 On Fri, 24 May 2024, Bernard Peek wrote: > On 2024-05-24, D wrote: >> >> >> On Wed, 22 May 2024, James Nicoll wrote: >> >>> In article , >>> Gary McGath wrote: >>>> The latest in my series of blog posts on convention codes of conduct >>>> covers Readercon. Points discussed include the conflation of good ideas >>>> with requirements, the usual prohibition on saying anything derogatory >>>> about anybody, and mask/vaccination policy. >>>> >>>> https://garymcgath.com/wp/readercon-code-of-conduct/ >>> >>> As it happens, I was for a while the only person at work who still >>> masked*, work in this case being live theatre in facilities with up >>> to 700 people. Coincidentally, I am also the only person on staff >>> who has not caught covid. For a while there, a significant fraction >>> of my shifts were me subbing for sick people. >> >> So? I'm not vaccinated and most people I know who are, have gotten corona >> 2-3 times more often than I have. Sweden proved scientifically, that the >> best way to handle corona was without masks and without restrictions and >> without forced vaccinations. > > They did try that but it failed and they fairly quickly followed the same > procedures as everyone else. > > Lots of people now have their fingers crossed hoping the bird-flu doesn't > spread any further. Ehh incorrect. I lived there and detected no such thing. Bird-flu isn't even a topic in the news and no one where I live talks about it. But politicians I'm sure are pining for that power the corona psychosis gave them, so I'm certain they try hard to push the paranoia.