Re:An Open Letter to the Python Software Foundation
by Tao3300 on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @10:27AM
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Heh... if the argument is coming down to "yeah, but in their version of Sharia", I'm thinking maybe it's not such a good idea.
Re:An Open Letter to the Python Software Foundation
by saltwatercowboy on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @12:07PM
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No - as a bloc, Africa is unquestionably homophobic . It's a difficult assessment to make, especially considering that LGBT people are overrepresented among software engineers. Whether that's true in Tanzania or the region generally is probably difficult and obviously dangerous to establish. But it's possible that the PSF have implied a collective guilt on the part of the people they're ostensibly trying to help.
Incidents of violence are the product of opportunity and generally perpetrated through in-group policing. Westerners and other African travellers are less exposed, so in the case of an LGBT developer from the US travelling to Zanzibar (which is also a very special case relative to the rest of Tanzania) I doubt they'd be in any real danger unless they were publicly displaying unambiguous attraction to the same-sex. I know an openly gay couple living in Kinshasa, which is a much more dangerous environment.
This is a very cheap shot from PSF and a classic case of perfect defeating good.