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Re:My experience with sexual harassment in the Scala community by throway98752343 on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @06:56PM (#26963030)
Boys should be educated, but this will still happen.

I cannot believe this guy doesn't know that what he's doing is wrong.

We should identify and mitigate high potential threats by public warning, ostracism or legal action. Overcorrect if necessary.

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Re:My experience with sexual harassment in the Scala community by eecc on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @10:52AM (#26970052)
> Overcorrect if necessary.

Hell no, that’s what all our legal systems are not about and there are also provisions against this sort of zealotry.

And rightly so, it’s such a historically proven road to hell and unintended consequences.

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