Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!panix!not-for-mail From: Grant Edwards Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Aggressive language on python-list Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:29:26 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <27cbf07c-60ac-41ac-a00f-dbe8edf45078@b9g2000pbc.googlegroups.com> <85099bc2-fa24-4cc5-bd94-3015b9af694f@googlegroups.com> <507d900e$0$6599$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <5a713407-d82f-4067-8ffa-6b8b66c1edf1@googlegroups.com> <507e1baf$0$6599$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <4b3d2a31-a901-49c5-8843-da6e6f639c42@ro10g2000pbc.googlegroups.com> <507e4f1b$0$29887$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1350484166 14782 64.122.56.22 (17 Oct 2012 14:29:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:29:26 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/pre1.0.0-18 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:31506 On 2012-10-17, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 21:25:38 -0700, alex23 wrote: > >> I really don't get people who feel they need to share their opinion when >> that opinion is that other people shouldn't share theirs. > > +1 QOTW > > It makes me laugh when newcomers to this group stick their head up to > chastise us for arguing about the culture of this group. The irony is > that that is *precisely* what they too are doing. > > In an ideal world, we'd all agree on what counts as acceptable behaviour, > and stick to it, and discuss nothing but Python coding problems. I disagree! I think occasional off-topic meta-arguments can be interesting and entertaining. Yow! Am I having a meta-meta-discussion yet? -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! -- I love KATRINKA at because she drives a gmail.com PONTIAC. We're going away now. I fed the cat.