The context, if anyone isn't aware of it: http://adainitiative.org/2011/07/oreilly-announces-anti-hara... http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-harassment_policy_re...

It's hard to argue against due process, yet... I foresee abusive people using "I'm the victim" rhetoric to turn such due process against their own victims.

see also: http://us.pycon.org/2012/codeofconduct/ for PyCon's code of conduct.

Too little information spread over too many places on that page--I have no idea what they are trying to do.

I didn't count the number of words, but I'd guess it is less than 100 ( my bad, wc says 338 words---sorry )and I didn't find any problem at all figuring out what the basic thrust was. I did find the title a little odd, but one of the notes towards the bottom explains that. I'm sure I might well screw it up, but as I understand it, this is an effort to implement 'civil' standards for conferences, chats, communication in general. I think that it's a good idea.