Luis M. Gonzalez wrote:
Well, you are certainly just as entitled to express your opinion as Peter and I are, and I think we are pretty much managing to maintain a civilized tone.Steve,
I didn't want to be agressive at all. Although now that I read again my post, it seems a little bit harsh... But I see that very often in this list, some replies show much of intolerance and very little politeness. And in my oppinion, this is one of these cases.
I don't know what Doug Holton did to get such a lesson of posting rules, since I think his comments were expressed in a propper way and they were definetely python related. This is not the first time it happens. A couple of times I suffered myself this kind of attitudes and I chose to keep quiet for the sake of peace, but I think it's time to point out some limits to those who act as self-entitled moderators. Being a moderator is ok, but not being a bouncer.
Intolerance and impoliteness are actively discouraged on comp.lang.python, and I suspect one of the ways this happens is by people ignoring what sometimes seems like flame bait.
Peter is fairly well-known on the group as someone whose Python chops are undeniable, and he's been known to be very helpful with newcomers. He's probably just feeling a bit cranky as the hockey season revs up ...
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