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Re: Aggressive language on python-list

Date 2012-10-13 11:46 -0400
From Etienne Robillard <animelovin@gmail.com>
Subject Re: Aggressive language on python-list
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On Sat, 13 Oct 2012 11:21:28 -0400
Zero Piraeus <schesis@gmail.com> wrote:

> :
> 
> Not sure exactly how to put this ...
> 
> I'm a mostly passive subscriber to this list - my posts here over the
> years could probably be counted without having to take my socks off -
> so perhaps I have no right to comment, but I've noticed a marked
> increase in aggressive language here lately, so I'm putting my head
> above the parapet to say that I don't appreciate it.
> 
> Robust disagreement is one thing [and can be quite enjoyable for those
> of us merely spectating], but there's really no need to go around
> calling people idiots at the drop of a hat. Quite apart from anything
> else, when the contributor you're calling names is as helpful and
> knowledgeable a member of the community as some of those targeted have
> been, it makes you look a bit daft.
> 
> And, yes, I know bringing it up could be construed as stoking the
> flames ... but, well, "silence = acquiescence" and all that.
> 
>  -[]z.
> -- 
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

OT. you obviously has no clue what agressive behavior mean. :-)

So please continue with the passive tone saying nothing relevant 
and login to facebook.


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Etienne Robillard
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Re: Aggressive language on python-list Etienne Robillard <animelovin@gmail.com> - 2012-10-13 11:46 -0400

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