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| From | Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | OT: citizens and countries - was Re: v3.5.1 - msi download |
| Date | 2015-12-22 21:21 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <mailman.75.1450844531.2237.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
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On 12/22/2015 07:06 PM, jfong@ms4.hinet.net wrote: > Mark Lawrence at 2015/12/21 UTC+8 8:50:00PM wrote： >> My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask >> what you can do for our language. > > When I saw this sentence, I can't resist to think of the famous lie created by president John kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country". > > A COUNTRY WAS BUILT TO SERVE THE PEOPLE!!! > > Do you think people are so boring that they have to build a country to serve to? In the American way of thinking, the country *is* the people. So it was neither a lie nor a bad thing that Kennedy proclaimed. Maybe this is not true for other countries, but I think most Americans would feel it is true for their country. And indeed the sentiment that Kennedy expressed resonates deeply with many/most Americans. A country is only made great by citizens willing to do many things for the good of the country and their fellow citizens. A country in which citizens only expect things from the country and never think about their ability to change and benefit the country is a week country indeed. I say this as a someone not from the US.
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Re: v3.5.1 - msi download Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-12-21 12:49 +0000
Re: v3.5.1 - msi download jfong@ms4.hinet.net - 2015-12-22 18:06 -0800
OT: citizens and countries - was Re: v3.5.1 - msi download Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2015-12-22 21:21 -0700
Re: OT: citizens and countries - was Re: v3.5.1 - msi download Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2015-12-24 16:16 +1300
Re: OT: citizens and countries - was Re: v3.5.1 - msi download jfong@ms4.hinet.net - 2015-12-23 23:05 -0800
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