Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!newsfeed.freenet.ag!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 0.039 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.92; '*S*': 0.00; 'received:209.85.223': 0.03; 'applicable,': 0.07; 'see.': 0.07; 'subject:language': 0.09; 'subject:python': 0.11; 'ah,': 0.16; 'iirc': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'url:wiki': 0.26; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'subject:list': 0.28; 'post': 0.28; 'url:wikipedia': 0.29; 'good.': 0.32; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'october': 0.37; 'rather': 0.37; 'received:209': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'url:en': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'subject:-': 0.40; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'networking': 0.60; 'applying': 0.69; 'computers.': 0.84; 'universally': 0.84; 'rusi': 0.91 X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references:from :date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:content-type :x-gm-message-state; bh=LkVYhPpaLoN8SscAjZ2e7HMOUCz/byWNpmqBMNBFRdE=; b=m3rhR6bqEsNqB9HVfwQH4+P3tCAku+CJnJZW387WtgjXHeHqkUIHQXz+8J76H9Fa1/ kdvshNGndLbAE6TZEF0iEB3VRbIyUI3jVoojoRrpG7g+b9PcW/+pZeihNZGLJGSbRPgJ LfAYbmISNHF2XyWIhXFh6509zPt5r/+grZyVjT8zzZbx2HByOjzjIi1PsxUW7rdazD7L sOSpxCOov9nFb171hZi8ePj9NeUUsgr1UXu2v+b/l8BwfSnvxVzhgQ70gKRCDMLRoMQK diuGMACWOz6UZC7EcIkmmkI2VnXxht12KvtyfOHQW4ZGbF06BTx6HCBtBPA0rIksM5kX 3QJw== MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: z@etiol.net X-Originating-IP: [190.104.26.20] In-Reply-To: <2a5f106f-d343-4636-9349-8b2162208bea@y5g2000pbi.googlegroups.com> References: <77361fb4-a59a-45b0-85e2-95472aec3716@n7g2000pbj.googlegroups.com> <8b0ebc42-52f2-442d-aa92-12eff32b9d0e@v9g2000pbi.googlegroups.com> <2a5f106f-d343-4636-9349-8b2162208bea@y5g2000pbi.googlegroups.com> From: Zero Piraeus Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 03:07:36 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 0FiSC5bYGyUfi5ycSpFlvcbpcbw Subject: Re: Aggressive language on python-list To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlKA58e/4W2uASTscr6ZsO5seAuVcrQ1MDARp9ltVvLPKfB1Cd96BovqksK92h6XAMO8Rqw X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 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: 16 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1350544080 news.xs4all.nl 6907 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:37543 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:31603 : On 18 October 2012 02:19, rusi wrote: > I understood that your original post started after Etienne's outburst > against Steven. Ah, I see. It was intended as a general request for politeness, but yes, IIRC that was the exchange that prompted it. > IOW the robustness principle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robustness_principle > is as good for human networking as for computers. Never thought of it as applying to humans ... that's rather good. Not universally applicable, but then neither is it for computers. -[]z.