Rocco Moretti wrote: > James Stroud wrote: > > >>I propose that any time anyone suggests switching to Windows, the reasons for >>such should be explicitly described, and not left to interpretation. > > > I propose that any time anyone suggests switching to Linux ... > I propose that any time anyone suggests switching to Mac ... > I propose that any time anyone suggests switching to Ruby ... > I propose that any time anyone suggests switching to Firefox ... > I propose that any time anyone suggests switching to Waxed Dental Floss ... > > People should not feel *required* to justify their decisions to c.l.py, > especially if they are not trying to evangelize that choice. (FWIW, even > from the original post it's very apparent that he's dissuading people > from joining him.) > > It is true that giving the reasons for a choice will help responders put > some perspective on it, and perhaps prompt a few alternatives, but > c.l.py is not your mother, and shouldn't require you to justify the > validity of your lifestyle to it.
Man, you mean I can use any dental floss I like?!?!?!?!!? regards Steve who quite agrees with the sentiments expressed above (it's an extension of the "consenting adults" philosophy). -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC www.holdenweb.com PyCon TX 2006 www.python.org/pycon/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
