News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Indonesia bans forced religious attire in schools. Parent comment

Re:Indonesia bans forced religious attire in schools by sradman on Saturday February 06, 2021 @12:38PM (#26048205)
Shunning [1] can be devastating and is used as a powerful alternative to physical punishment in pacifist communities like Anabaptists (e.g. Mennonites and Amish). Shunning is like a chronic disease while caning is acute.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunning

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Indonesia bans forced religious attire in schools by betwixthewires on Saturday February 06, 2021 @01:53PM (#26048843)
People have the right to decide who they associate with. Communities and organizations have a right to decide who they allow into them.

Shunning is very effective in enforcing community standards and behavior. It is one of the fundamental mechanisms inherent to any and all communities. At your job you can get fired. If you contribute to a dev project you must abide the CoC, and if you're a member of some cult or some community like Amish you have to live by community standards or you can go live by whatever standards you want with people that want to live that way with you. It can be devastating, but it is not wrong.

[ Parent | on HN ]