On Jan 1, 5:34Â pm, Kenneth Tilton <kentil...@gmail.com> wrote: > Richard Riley wrote: > > Jason Rumney <jasonrum...@gmail.com> writes: > > >> On Jan 1, 3:12 pm, r <rt8...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>> The man lives in a world driven by common sense > >> "Common" sense suggests that his views are shared among the general > >> populace. I don't see much evidence of that in the sometimes never- > >> ending threads that frequently follow his postings. But it is good to > >> start debates about making changes to the status quo, often the > >> debates will result in worthwhile changes, even if those changes are > >> not what he proposed. I just wish he would choose his venue a little > >> more carefully sometimes. > > > I find that with Xah's posts people argue the man and not his > > points. > > Precisely, and thus they are the trolls: few of them trim followups, and > all of them try to sound funny or clever in their attacks. Xah has > something to say about technology, like what he says or not. His > attackers just see an open mike and want to hear the sound of their own > voice, which I certainly understand. > > And before anyone goes for that old argument from self-reference, the > madding crowd succeeded once in their harrassment of The Xah so > remaining silent is no option. > > p,k
Good Point, Starting a new thread is not off topic no matter what subject. I have never witnessed a time where Xah jumped in the middle of a thread and started a ruckus(i could be wrong), But i do see many interrupting Xah's threads or any thread for that matter that they feel is irrelevant to them. The topic of a thread is it's title. Here, the title is "Why Not Ruby". I am the only person yet to offer argument for or against Ruby here. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
