[Reply to both Martin and to wikiEN-L.]
Martin Harper wrote in part:
There is a middle way between unrestricted freedom of
speech and "the tyranny
of majorities who carry on like on-line lynch mobs" (nice turn of phrase). I
think it lies in balancing an appropriate dress code with an appropriate means
of asking people to follow that dress code.
There's also a middle way between asking people to behave and forcing them to,
a middle way between hard rules and a lack of individual responsibility.
Drolsi was originally hit with the demand that his name would be changed,
whether he liked it or not. When people (not just me, you too,
and I'm sorry that I previous post of mine implied otherwise)
began to talk /with/ him, rather then /tell/ him what would be done,
then he was a reasonable person and did the right thing.
-- Toby