I see your point. But I also think the Readercon statement is really "established/influential people get special treatment" in a not-very-thin disguise. Plus it concentrates on the abuser. Plus it makes guesses about why people harass and then says "but this guy isn't like that."
All they had to do was ban him for life and then "forgive" him in two years if there are no more accusations. Or, better still, have a policy that doesn't require banning people for life in the first place.
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Date: 2012-07-30 12:04 am (UTC)All they had to do was ban him for life and then "forgive" him in two years if there are no more accusations. Or, better still, have a policy that doesn't require banning people for life in the first place.