Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!feeder.news-service.com!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.023 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.96; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'terry': 0.07; 'python': 0.08; '>>>>': 0.09; 'club.': 0.09; 'respond.': 0.09; 'pm,': 0.10; '>>>': 0.12; 'am,': 0.14; 'wrote:': 0.14; '11:36': 0.16; 'bully': 0.16; 'finney': 0.16; 'from:addr:free.fr': 0.16; 'received:212.27': 0.16; 'received:212.27.42': 0.16; 'received:free.fr': 0.16; 'reedy': 0.16; 'writes:': 0.19; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.21; 'community,': 0.22; 'subject:?': 0.29; 'least': 0.30; 'spoken': 0.30; 'agree': 0.32; 'cheers': 0.32; 'someone': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'comment': 0.33; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.35; 'push': 0.37; 'response': 0.37; 'could': 0.38; 'but': 0.38; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'received:192': 0.38; 'comments': 0.39; 'should': 0.39; 'perhaps': 0.39; 'abuse': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'entirely': 0.40; 'john': 0.62; 'world': 0.63; 'fan': 0.66; 'person.': 0.66; 'cause': 0.67; 'truth': 0.68; 'here.': 0.69; 'life.': 0.72; '10:03': 0.84; 'little,': 0.84; 'subject:Why': 0.84; 'subject:choose': 0.84; 'subject:its': 0.84; 'fuck': 0.93 Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 22:27:54 +0200 From: Karim User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110424 Thunderbird/3.1.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Why did Quora choose Python for its development? References: <80d59383-36a3-4744-85c4-1a0577f1d3a6@dr5g2000vbb.googlegroups.com> <9CDC4B2CD1F445E994119A50F65155DF@teddy> <12225671E9654FECB49613D915FAEC19@teddy> <21A740B7AC6644248476DFADDF726C73@octavian> <629DAC3611EA49B0A36BCF70151CDE2F@octavian> <87sjs44qyk.fsf@castleamber.com> <87zkmcujl4.fsf@castleamber.com> <20110524133902.b5ad22b1.darcy@druid.net> <87vcwzyoos.fsf@castleamber.com> <4ddd8a4c$0$29996$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <874o4i17zi.fsf@castleamber.com> <87oc2qay0o.fsf@benfinney.id.au> <878vttv5hd.fsf@castleamber.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 27 NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.94.164.166 X-Trace: 1306441682 news.xs4all.nl 49184 [::ffff:82.94.164.166]:34734 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:6342 On 05/26/2011 10:03 PM, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 5/26/2011 11:36 AM, John Bokma wrote: >> Ben Finney writes: > > >>>> [impolite comment not quoted] >>>> Get a life. Or better, just fuck off and die. It will improve both the >>>> world and the Python community, of which you are nothing but a little, >>>> smelly shitstain. >>> >>> That abuse is entirely unwelcome in this community, against any person. >>> Please desist. >> >> You should have spoken up sooner, especially as the spokes person of >> "this" community. But every bully has is fan club. > > I agree that the original impolite comment was just that -- impolite > -- and perhaps enough so that it should have been spoken out against. > But I also agree that the quoted response is at least three times as > bad, enough so to understandably push someone to respond. Both > comments are atypical here. > Original one impolite perhaps but only truth could cause such hatred. Cheers