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DATE | 2020-05-03 |
FROM | Ruben Safir
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SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Jon tennant and OpenScience
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On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 06:40:30PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting Ruben Safir (mrbrklyn-at-panix.com): > > > OpenCon saga update: GDPR response - Green Tea and Velociraptors > > 7-8 minutes > > As I'm sure is apparent, there is a huge void in OpenCon / SPARC's > narrative where the alleged incident at/around OpenCon 2016 lies. > > The OpenCon committee allege that Tennant was guilty of some very major > Code of Conduct violation, but (I gather) consistently refused to state > what that alleged conduct was, not to mention (according to Tennant) > also collecting additional allegations against him subsequently but > refusing to state what those are. > > So, that leaves an outsider like me completely unable to assess the > merits. It's possible that the late Mr. Tennant did something dreadful. > It's also possible that he didn't. > > Thing is, I don't know and never knew any of these people, so I don't > have any read on who's crazy and who's culpable. > > The late Mr. Tennant wrote 'I am still seeking a civil resolution.' > Personally, if I felt I'd been libelled as he implies, I'd haul their > sorry asses into court and pry everything out of them by force. At > a certain point, screw 'civil resolution'. > > > I don't know what you want me to do with this long story with the > critically important hole in the middle, but I don't see anything more I > can do with it. > > I'm certainly sorry Mr. Tennant is dead, whether it was suicide or just > road mishap.
Or both. The problem is due process at this point. And I'm increasingly convinced that nornal human sexual behavior is being criminalized. Stallman, Tennant, Lindsay Shepherd. The only thing to do about this is to raise the conversation. I am so angry about Jon. Raising awareness of his contribution and the events that lead to his death is really important, IMO. Perhaps we can get some press on this eventurally. Someone needs to draw a line in the sand as fight against the whitch trials.
Like Richard, he was stuck between a rock and a hard place. He would have had to attach one of the lynchpins of his years of efforts to liberalize research, to pursue this....aside from the costs of legal actions, which is particular hard on postgradute students.
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