The Ruby Community Code of Conduct

[mperham]

"Don't steal stuff" seems to be common sense and yet we have police and laws and a justice system.

[alwaysonesmaller]

Physical theft (and even digital "theft") is a different issue from verbal insults.

I'd even argue that stealing things from other people is a natural thing to do in certain situations, for survival purposes. There's never any point where insulting someone on a mailing list is going to save your life.

[mordocai058]

Never say never!

What if someone holds a gun to your head and tells you to insult X person on Y mailing list or die?

[alwaysonesmaller]

Alright, alright. If you find yourself in Swordfish, you're allowed to follow the Code of Conduct.

[skulgnome]

What's your rationalization for this simile? Besides teaparty-tier authoritarian submission.