On 12/22/2015 07:06 PM, jf...@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. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
