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Re: Proposed solution for DPEP (Diversity Problem Entry Point) - IETF April 1 jokes.

2013-04-08 08:49:10
On Apr 8, 2013, at 9:38 AM, Melinda Shore 
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 wrote:

Well, the timing of this strikes me as one of those "oh" moments, following as 
quickly on the heels of the diversity discussion.  Not so much because of 
language and culture issues (although those are unavoidable) but because it 
strikes me as kind of unhealthy to use the April Fool RFCs as a tool to 
partition the audience into "us" and "them".

Sure, that's clearly a problem to think about.   But my point was just that you 
can see it as something to divide us, or something to bring us together; what's 
important is that it in fact be used for the latter, and not the former.   But 
the essence of inclusiveness is not that we eliminate differences; if we did 
that, diversity wouldn't do us much good.   The essence of inclusiveness is 
being open and welcoming to diversity, and having, if not a sense of humor 
about differences, at least a tolerance for them.   Suppressing in-jokes is 
just as bad as excluding people who don't appreciate them.

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