When should behaviour outside a community have consequences inside it?

Re:When should behaviour outside a community have consequenc... by orwin on Thursday December 21, 2017 @07:52AM (#15978413)

If you're convicted of pedophilia (or rape) in a country, you should not be allowed to be alone with kids (or women) in another (like Polanski in the western world, but other examples exist). Should you?

But if you think that "passive" political action (i.e just being present at a rally, not being a speaker) outside a community should not have consequences inside the community, i think i agree with you (for now, i don't have put much thought into it, my opinion is not definitive).

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Re:When should behaviour outside a community have consequenc... by kazagistar on Thursday December 21, 2017 @10:06AM (#15979201)

The first part is a separate issue, that of forgiveness and redemption, and if they should be allowed in a society. The second part is about if judgements about smaller issues should spread beyond their original contexts.

I think for most people, the lines are determined by the magnitude of the crime, but where those lines lie is a personal and communal preference. At what point is an injustice so great that it cannot be overlooked even in different contexts? And at what point is it so great that it cannot ever be redeemed in thr future?

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Re:When should behaviour outside a community have consequenc... by Sir_Cmpwn on Thursday December 21, 2017 @12:35PM (#15980837)

>If you're convicted of pedophilia (or rape) in a country, you should not be allowed to be alone with kids (or women) in another (like Polanski in the western world, but other examples exist). Should you?

No, but what does pedophila or rape have to do with software? You don't let convicted child molesters hang out with kids for obvious causal reasons but no such relationship exists with software.

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