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posted by n1 on Tuesday September 06 2016, @09:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the no-conference-for-old-men dept.

Douglas Crockford (JSON, JSLint, JSMin, Javascript: The Good Parts) is a founding father of modern Javascript. He is a frequent speaker on the Javascript circuit and, until recently, was the scheduled as the keynote speaker for the Nodevember Conference. For reasons no one can explain, he was removed from the conference schedule to help foster inclusivity. No one (including Crockford) knows why he was banned. Internet commenters have speculated it may have been due to a talk titled "Monads and Gonads" or slut shaming the "promiscuous" web or a his use of the gender (and species) exclusive phrase "hanging out there like a pair of dog balls". Others believe it's because he's a curmudgeon (aka grumpy old white cis heterosexual man). One of the Nodevember organizers (not involved with the decision to ban Crockford) has stepped down.

This is not the first time Crockford has experienced censorship -- he previously ported Maniac Mansion to the NES.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 06 2016, @10:53PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 06 2016, @10:53PM (#398340)

    > People don't "grow up", they just self-validate into being more like themselves as they get older.

    I disagree. I used to be a pro-death penalty, racist, homophobic, islamophobic nationalist ("Ayatollah Homo-meini" was my go-to phrase when talking about Iran).

    Then I realized that my enjoyment of lesbian porn made me a hypocrite and so became pro gay rights.
    Then I met a beautiful immigrant girl from a muslim family and married her, and so became a world citizen.
    Then I read the research and found out that the death penalty has no measurable deterrent effect and became anti-death penalty.

    My exact path may be unique. But I'm sure I'm not the only one traveling that road. In fact, people like me must be common enough because the haters even have a famous joke to ridicule us: 'If you're not a liberal when you're 25, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative by the time you're 35, you have no brain.'

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 06 2016, @11:39PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 06 2016, @11:39PM (#398371)

    You must have forgotten to stop being a fucking idiot somewhere down the line.

    The death penalty is a 100% deterrent against repeat offenders. No one who ever received it has ever committed another crime. Since the same cannot be said of criminals who didn't get the death penalty, it must be effective in reducing crime.

    • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 06 2016, @11:44PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 06 2016, @11:44PM (#398376)

      > The death penalty is a 100% deterrent against repeat offenders.

      No more so than a life sentence. In fact, life sentences are more of a deterrent because executing an innocent man is murder so all it takes is for the state to kill one innocent man for the death penalty to be a net loser.

      But, what do I know? I'm a fucking idiot!

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 07 2016, @03:57PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 07 2016, @03:57PM (#398752)

      Calling someone that disagrees with you a "fucking idiot".

      You forgot to start screaming cuck! cuck! cuck! cuck! cuck! cuck! cuck! cuck! cuck! cuck! cuck! as well.

      You alt-right guys are identical to the SJWs.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 07 2016, @07:53PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 07 2016, @07:53PM (#398842)

        You forgot to start screaming cuck! cuck! cuck! cuck! cuck! cuck! cuck! cuck! cuck! cuck! cuck! as well.

        Wot? Are there any chickens here in SoylentNews? Don't be shy, come out! Why did the alt-right cross the road?