On Fri, 2005-03-04 at 14:02, Greg London wrote:
> andrew burke said:
> >> I never excluded people. I was asking them to play a different game.
> >> And I asked those who didn't want to play, to find a different game.
> >
> > This is said without realizing the irony?
>
> Hey, where were you as Irony-Identifier when
> Aaron called me exclusionary in the same email
> that he me to take the converation off the list?
Let's review what I did say:
You are free to ask the question, but not to expect others to
constrain themselves to your arbitrary lines of response. It's
not that people don't like you personally, it's just that we all
feel kind of put upon to be told, "don't say what you think,
just let me noodle around on this list." It's exclusionary.
[...]
> I don't like being given a list of what is
> impossible when I'm trying to play.
Then form the "play with Perl advocacy" list, don't ask an
existing list to re-form around your idea of what a valid
discussion of certification and its value is.
"Aaron called me exclusionary"
No, he did not. He said that a specific act was exclusionary and it was.
"he [told?] me to take the converation [sic] off the list"
No, he did not. He told you that if you wanted a list with different
ground-rules, you should create your own. You can have this conversation
here, you just can't control the types of responses. For that, you need
your own list.
Can we stop tilting at straw men now and talk about Perl?
Oh, and while I'm thinking about dinner (don't ask), I want to mention
that there is an AWESOME new Chinese restaurant in Allston called
Shanghai Gate. If we can arrange an off-peak time to go (they get packed
around 7-9PM) that would be a very nice hang-out for the next informal
Food.pm ;-)
http://www.boston.com/dining/globe_review/1101
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