[ELECTRON] [SPAM?] Re: pillows and videos

Fri Nov 11 13:38:37 UTC 2011

Hi,

Almost all Document materials removed - some cushions and brochures  
still there will get next week.

Cheers

Paula
Paula Larkin
Coordinator
Document Festival

tel: 00 44 141 332 9311
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Document 9 - International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival,  
20th - 23rd Oct, Glasgow, 2011.

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6HP | Scotland | UK

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On 10 Nov 2011, at 13:10, Benjamin Dembroski wrote:

> There is a guide online for the appropriate use of the space:
> http://www.electronclub.org/doku.php?id=what_is_the_electron_club
>
> I think there is a fine line here.  One the one hand, I don't think  
> anyone would suggest that blantanly discriminatory or hateful  
> activities should be tolerated. On the other hand, I'd suggest that  
> a little offence and discomfort is a healthy thing from time to  
> time.  It's just part of having an environment that fosters debate  
> and discussion.
>
> The EC being as open as it is means there will always be differring  
> opinions and attitudes about almost everything.  If anyone wants to  
> hang out in place where everyone thinks the same way and your  
> statements will go unchallanged, the EC probably isn't it.  On the  
> other hand, if you want to be part of a community where you can  
> enter into a wider discourse on technology and how it's used, you  
> certainly are in the right place.
>
> --
> Ben
>
> On 10 Nov 2011, at 12:34, m.hersh <m.hersh at elec.gla.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> My question about whether or not this was a joke was a genuine  
>> request
>> for information.  I nearly sent an email saying that I thought this  
>> was
>> an inappropriate use of the Electron Club.  Then it occurred to me  
>> that
>> this could be a 'joke', so I thought I should check it.  However,  
>> this
>> does raise the issue of what uses are and are not appropriate.   
>> While I
>> do think that the wide range of uses we have a present is a  
>> strenght of
>> the club, I think we do not to be careful with uses which could make
>> some groups of people feel uncomfortable.
>> Marion
>>
>> On 10/11/2011 10:55, Alice wrote:
>>> On Nov 10, 2011 7:27 AM, "Gordon JC Pearce" <gordonjcp at gjcp.net>  
>>> wrote:
>>> [snip]
>>>> I don't want to place myself in a situation where I have to deal  
>>>> with
>>> people who may become angry and abusive because I accidentally  
>>> poke their
>>> delicate sensibilities, and I don't want to have to walk on  
>>> eggshells lest
>>> I upset the Vegan Christian Lesbian Nicaraguan Amputees Against  
>>> Whaling
>>> movement.
>>>
>>> I wasn't that bothered by the "joke" but then I was a programmer  
>>> for 4
>>> years a decade ago so had to become desensitised to  
>>> objectification of
>>> women to fit into the very male environment of back then.
>>>
>>> I am very bothered though by the responses to Marion saying she  
>>> found it
>>> offensive, especially  marginalising feminism like this.
>>>
>>>> You'll get my backing when you stop discriminating against men.
>>> Where was there any discrimination against men?
>>>
>>> Do you think that the Electron club is somewhere that it is more  
>>> likely
>>> males or females might feel isolated and uncomfortable due to  
>>> their sex?
>>>
>>> How can we create a space where nobody feels less able to  
>>> participate due
>>> to sex, race or class?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Alice
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