Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-28 Thread Dwight Hutto
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 10:21 PM, wu wei wrote: >> You don't know me > > No, I really do. Then tell me more about myself...doc. Your behaviour isn't as clever or as masking as you think > it is. It's intended to be involved, witty, and as informed as I can be on a topic by someone I'm conversing

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-18 Thread Curt
On 2012-10-17, Dwight Hutto wrote: >> Instead of "diabetic", try inserting the word "black" or "female". >> There's no shame in those either, yet I think that the offensiveness >> of either of those words used in that context should be obvious. > > To take it a little further, what if I said I got

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-18 Thread Robert Kern
On 10/18/12 6:43 AM, David Hutto wrote: On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 1:29 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: David, While I acknowledge and appreciate your efforts to be less aggressive on this list, I think you have crossed a line by forwarding the contents of an obviously personal email containing CLEARL

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-18 Thread Dave Angel
On 10/18/2012 02:19 AM, rusi wrote: > > > IOW the robustness principle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robustness_principle > is as good for human networking as for computers. > > The catch to that is that the software that is liberally accepting anything is quite vulnerable to attacks. Windows has

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-18 Thread rusi
On Oct 18, 11:27 am, David Hutto wrote: > > [BTW This was enunciated 2000 years ago by a clever chap: Love your > > enemies; drive them crazy > > That only works if they're not already insane. > Otherwise you're just prodding a cornered beast. Usually but not necessarily http://en.wikipedia.org/w

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-18 Thread Zero Piraeus
: On 18 October 2012 02:19, rusi wrote: > I understood that your original post started after Etienne's outburst > against Steven. Ah, I see. It was intended as a general request for politeness, but yes, IIRC that was the exchange that prompted it. > IOW the robustness principle http://en.wikipe

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread David Hutto
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 2:19 AM, rusi wrote: > On Oct 18, 10:18 am, Zero Piraeus wrote: >> : >> >> On 18 October 2012 00:36, rusi wrote: >> >> > Unfortunately, I feel this whole discussion/thread has got derailed: >> > Zero you started this thread about aggressive behavior. It does not >> > seem

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread rusi
On Oct 18, 10:18 am, Zero Piraeus wrote: > : > > On 18 October 2012 00:36, rusi wrote: > > > Unfortunately, I feel this whole discussion/thread has got derailed: > > Zero you started this thread about aggressive behavior. It does not > > seem to me that this was the case you were talking of, was

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread David Hutto
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 1:29 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > David, > > While I acknowledge and appreciate your efforts to be less aggressive on > this list, I think you have crossed a line by forwarding the contents of > an obviously personal email containing CLEARLY PRIVATE MATTERS to a > public li

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread Steven D'Aprano
David, While I acknowledge and appreciate your efforts to be less aggressive on this list, I think you have crossed a line by forwarding the contents of an obviously personal email containing CLEARLY PRIVATE MATTERS to a public list without permission, without even anonymising it. Not cool mat

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread Zero Piraeus
: On 18 October 2012 00:36, rusi wrote: > Unfortunately, I feel this whole discussion/thread has got derailed: > Zero you started this thread about aggressive behavior. It does not > seem to me that this was the case you were talking of, was it? Sorry, but I'm having trouble parsing that sentenc

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread Hguant
On 10/18/2012 12:42 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Dwight Hutto wrote: On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:23 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: Common misconception. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the *making of any law* that restricts certain freed

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread Dwight Hutto
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:31 AM, alex23 wrote: > On Oct 18, 2:26 pm, Dwight Hutto wrote: >> But you apparently want freedom of speech. > > I can't even begin to address this idiocy. Then don't(your idiocy acknowledges your own misunderstanding), because you don't want the freedom to speak publi

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread rusi
On Oct 18, 9:06 am, alex23 wrote: > On Oct 18, 2:02 pm, Dwight Hutto wrote: > [a public response to a private email] > > I really don't appreciate you pushing public a *private email > exchange*, especially when it has nothing whatsoever to do with this > list. Speaking generally I agree. Speci

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread Dwight Hutto
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:24 AM, alex23 wrote: > On Oct 18, 2:21 pm, Dwight Hutto wrote: >> Usually, etiquette dictates, that we hit "reply all". > > Then why did you actively re-add the list as a recipient when I had > removed it? How was I supposed to know you removed it. Usually it's an acci

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread Chris Angelico
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Dwight Hutto wrote: > On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:23 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: >> Common misconception. The First Amendment to the United States >> Constitution prohibits the *making of any law* that restricts certain >> freedoms. It does not have ANYTHING to do wi

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread alex23
On Oct 18, 2:26 pm, Dwight Hutto wrote: > But you apparently want freedom of speech. I can't even begin to address this idiocy. > As I've mentioned before...people can start arguing, and one replies > off list, and then goes back on the list after a private e-mail, and > says ahah, see how they'

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread Dwight Hutto
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:28 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Dwight Hutto wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:06 AM, alex23 wrote: >>> On Oct 18, 2:02 pm, Dwight Hutto wrote: >>> [a public response to a private email] >>> >>> I really don't appreciate you pushing

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread Dwight Hutto
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:23 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Dwight Hutto wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 11:50 PM, wu wei wrote: >>> Did you really forward a private email to a public mailing list without >>> permission? >>> >>> Are you really that fucking ignora

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread Dwight Hutto
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:11 AM, alex23 wrote: > On Oct 18, 2:05 pm, Dwight Hutto wrote: >> This is a public discussion. Maybe you just need to stand behind a >> loophole in the law, but the first amendment overrides that. > > I'm not in America, so your constitution means nothing to me. But yo

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread Chris Angelico
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Dwight Hutto wrote: > On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:06 AM, alex23 wrote: >> On Oct 18, 2:02 pm, Dwight Hutto wrote: >> [a public response to a private email] >> >> I really don't appreciate you pushing public a *private email >> exchange*, especially when it has not

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread alex23
On Oct 18, 2:21 pm, Dwight Hutto wrote: > Usually, etiquette dictates, that we hit "reply all". Then why did you actively re-add the list as a recipient when I had removed it? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread Chris Angelico
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Dwight Hutto wrote: > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 11:50 PM, wu wei wrote: >> Did you really forward a private email to a public mailing list without >> permission? >> >> Are you really that fucking ignorant of the law? > > This is a public discussion. Maybe you just n

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread Dwight Hutto
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:06 AM, alex23 wrote: > On Oct 18, 2:02 pm, Dwight Hutto wrote: > [a public response to a private email] > > I really don't appreciate you pushing public a *private email > exchange*, especially when it has nothing whatsoever to do with this > list. Usually, etiquette d

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread alex23
On Oct 18, 2:05 pm, Dwight Hutto wrote: > This is a public discussion. Maybe you just need to stand behind a > loophole in the law, but the first amendment overrides that. I'm not in America, so your constitution means nothing to me. > Plus, that is the standard. We discuss this as a community.

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread alex23
On Oct 18, 2:02 pm, Dwight Hutto wrote: [a public response to a private email] I really don't appreciate you pushing public a *private email exchange*, especially when it has nothing whatsoever to do with this list. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread Dwight Hutto
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 11:50 PM, wu wei wrote: > Did you really forward a private email to a public mailing list without > permission? > > Are you really that fucking ignorant of the law? This is a public discussion. Maybe you just need to stand behind a loophole in the law, but the first amendm

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread Dwight Hutto
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 11:47 PM, wu wei wrote: > On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 1:10 PM, Dwight Hutto > wrote: >> >> It's intended to be involved, witty, and as informed as I can be > > > You fail on every level here. According to your opinion. > >> >> No, I'm fine a s a monk until recently, when medi

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread Dwight Hutto
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 9:02 PM, alex23 wrote: > On Oct 18, 9:53 am, Dwight Hutto wrote: >> To take it a little further, what if I said I got gypped. I think it >> goes to gypsy's. Was it racist? > > Ignorant racism is still racism. No it's not, that 's why it's called ignorant...you just didn't

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread alex23
On Oct 18, 9:53 am, Dwight Hutto wrote: > To take it a little further, what if I said I got gypped. I think it > goes to gypsy's. Was it racist? Ignorant racism is still racism. Historical racism is still racism. > It seems that we get too politically correct when we want to cherry > pick a comm

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 18/10/2012 01:44, Oscar Benjamin wrote: It came across to me as an offensive comment both to you and to people with Asperger's that I would not tolerate generally. It is retracted so I hold no ill will and don't want to dwell on it. In fact the very quick retraction is a good thing to happen

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread Oscar Benjamin
On 18 October 2012 00:17, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:10:34 -0700, rurpy wrote: > >> On 10/17/2012 02:28 PM, Oscar Benjamin wrote:> On 17 October 2012 19:16, >> Chris Angelico wrote: On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 3:48 AM, wrote: >On 10/16/2012 08:45 PM, Steven D'Aprano wr

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread rurpy
On 10/17/2012 05:39 PM, Ian Kelly wrote:> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> Excuse me, I think that anybody who was offended by it needs to take a >> long, hard look at themselves. Would you be offended if Rurpy asked "Are >> you diabetic?" > > If the question were sincer

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread Zero Piraeus
: On 17 October 2012 19:53, Dwight Hutto wrote: > To take it a little further, what if I said I got gypped. I think it > goes to gypsy's. Was it racist? "Racist" is a word with competing definitions, and intent is a factor in some of them ... but yes, many people are offended by such use of the

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread Dwight Hutto
> Instead of "diabetic", try inserting the word "black" or "female". > There's no shame in those either, yet I think that the offensiveness > of either of those words used in that context should be obvious. To take it a little further, what if I said I got gypped. I think it goes to gypsy's. Was i

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread Zero Piraeus
: On 17 October 2012 19:17, Steven D'Aprano wrote: [on Asperger's] > Excuse me, I think that anybody who was offended by it needs to take a > long, hard look at themselves. Would you be offended if Rurpy asked "Are > you diabetic?" There's no more shame in being Aspie than there is in > being dia

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread Ian Kelly
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Excuse me, I think that anybody who was offended by it needs to take a > long, hard look at themselves. Would you be offended if Rurpy asked "Are > you diabetic?" If the question were sincere, no. On the other hand, if it were a rhetorica

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:10:34 -0700, rurpy wrote: > On 10/17/2012 02:28 PM, Oscar Benjamin wrote:> On 17 October 2012 19:16, > Chris Angelico wrote: >>> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 3:48 AM, wrote: On 10/16/2012 08:45 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Except that you've made a 180- > degree tu

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread rurpy
On 10/17/2012 02:28 PM, Oscar Benjamin wrote:> On 17 October 2012 19:16, Chris Angelico wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 3:48 AM, wrote: >>>On 10/16/2012 08:45 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: Except that you've made a 180- degree turn from your advice to "ignore" bad behaviour, but appare

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread Oscar Benjamin
On 17 October 2012 19:16, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 3:48 AM, wrote: >>On 10/16/2012 08:45 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >>> Except that you've made a 180- >>> degree turn from your advice to "ignore" bad behaviour, but apparently >>> didn't notice that *sending private emails*

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread rurpy
On Wednesday, October 17, 2012 1:20:15 PM UTC-6, rurpy wrote: > On 10/17/2012 12:16 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: >[...] > Ignore it *on the list*. Quick addendum: I wrote earlier (in some post in this thread I don't have time to dig up now) that the above possibly should not apply when one is the t

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread rurpy
On 10/17/2012 12:16 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 3:48 AM, rurpy wrote: >>On 10/16/2012 08:45 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >>> Except that you've made a 180- >>> degree turn from your advice to "ignore" bad behaviour, but apparently >>> didn't notice that *sending private email

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread Chris Angelico
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 3:48 AM, wrote: >On 10/16/2012 08:45 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> Except that you've made a 180- >> degree turn from your advice to "ignore" bad behaviour, but apparently >> didn't notice that *sending private emails* is not by any definition >> "ignoring". So apparently

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread rurpy
On 10/16/2012 08:45 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:10:17 -0700, rurpy wrote: > >> On 10/16/2012 10:49 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >>> > On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 09:27:48 -0700, rurpy wrote about trolls and >>> > dicks: >> >> No, I wrote about trolls. "dicks" is a highly emotive an

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread Chris Angelico
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 1:29 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: > I disagree! I think occasional off-topic meta-arguments can be > interesting and entertaining. > > Yow! Am I having a meta-meta-discussion yet? Now we get to the meat of the discussion... It's like I was explaining to one of my brothers t

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2012-10-17, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 10/16/2012 11:47 PM, Kristen J. Webb wrote: > >> I will say that my perusal of this list has been >> informative. I also receive more email from this >> list than any other I subscribe to. > > You could instead access it as a newsgroup via news.gmane.org. Th

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2012-10-17, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 21:25:38 -0700, alex23 wrote: > >> I really don't get people who feel they need to share their opinion when >> that opinion is that other people shouldn't share theirs. > > +1 QOTW > > It makes me laugh when newcomers to this group stick

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 17/10/2012 07:24, Steven D'Aprano wrote: And more importantly, welcome to democracy -- this is not a dictatorship, Putting my pedantic hat on but there are few if any true democracies in the world. Most governments are run on (mis)representative lines. Which reminds me I must restart my

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread Chris Angelico
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > In an ideal world, we'd all agree on what counts as acceptable behaviour, > and stick to it, and discuss nothing but Python coding problems. But we > don't live in an idea world, and there are disagreements and people > behaving badly, and

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-17 Thread rusi
On Oct 17, 11:15 am, alex23 wrote: > On Oct 17, 2:43 pm, rusi wrote: > > > Let me try to restate alex without the barb. > > Do you offer this service for hire? :) Hmm now thats an idea… Are you offering to hire? [Considering how many jobs Ive changed, never know whats next!] Rusi -- http://blo

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-16 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 21:25:38 -0700, alex23 wrote: > I really don't get people who feel they need to share their opinion when > that opinion is that other people shouldn't share theirs. +1 QOTW It makes me laugh when newcomers to this group stick their head up to chastise us for arguing about th

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-16 Thread Terry Reedy
On 10/16/2012 11:47 PM, Kristen J. Webb wrote: I will say that my perusal of this list has been informative. I also receive more email from this list than any other I subscribe to. You could instead access it as a newsgroup via news.gmane.org. That keeps posts isolated and you only download

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-16 Thread rusi
On Oct 17, 9:25 am, alex23 wrote: > On Oct 17, 1:54 pm, "Kristen J. Webb" wrote: > > > It sucks for me to spend so much time filtering this BS. > > Yet you then chose to participate in a discussion about it. Because > that's what people do to discuss suitable behaviour. > > I really don't get peo

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-16 Thread Ben Finney
"Kristen J. Webb" writes: > What the f**k! I thought that subscribing to a list would promote > education, enlightenment, and a shared communal effort to make things > better for things (python) related. Yes, that's the focus of this thread: how best to engage in a shared communal effort to make

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-16 Thread alex23
On Oct 17, 1:54 pm, "Kristen J. Webb" wrote: > Let's be honest, does any of this crap have > anything to do with python, it's promotion, > or resolving anything related to making it > one of the most exciting languages I have > ever seen since C? Python is more than the language, it's the communi

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-16 Thread Kristen J. Webb
As a casual observer of this list (and many others) I can only say... What the f**k! I thought that subscribing to a list would promote education, enlightenment, and a shared communal effort to make things better for things (python) related. It sucks for me to spend so much time filtering this

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-16 Thread rusi
On Oct 16, 9:27 pm, ru...@yahoo.com wrote: > On 10/14/2012 10:36 PM, alex23 wrote:> On Oct 15, 1:22 pm, ru...@yahoo.com > wrote: > > >> Thus when a member of this esteemed group > >> was recently attacked as racist, for punning another member's > >> name when responding somewhat heatedly, > > > Ag

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-16 Thread Dwight Hutto
On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:10:17 -0700, rurpy wrote: > >> On 10/16/2012 10:49 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >>> > On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 09:27:48 -0700, rurpy wrote about trolls and >>> > dicks: >> >> No, I wrote about trolls. "dicks" is a highly e

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-16 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 02:45:04 +, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Dwight "call me David, but I can't be bothered changing my signature" > Hutto's behaviour. I withdraw this dig at David Hutto. It was unnecessary, and it turns out, wrong as he has now changed his signature. -- Steven -- http://mai

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-16 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:10:17 -0700, rurpy wrote: > On 10/16/2012 10:49 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> > On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 09:27:48 -0700, rurpy wrote about trolls and >> > dicks: > > No, I wrote about trolls. "dicks" is a highly emotive and almost > totally subjective word As opposed to "trol

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-16 Thread Joshua Landau
First of all, I believe this is the *perfect* post to try and keep discussion calm. If trusted members cannot keep a good tone of voice and have an understanding (even if disagreeing) stance on a post about aggressive language, it does not shine brightly as a message to others. On 16 October 2012

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-16 Thread rurpy
On 10/16/2012 02:17 PM, Prasad, Ramit wrote:> Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 09:27:48 -0700, rurpy wrote about trolls and dicks: >> >> > The best advise is to ignore such posts and encourage others to do the >> > same. >> >> If you ignore such posts, how will the poster know they a

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-16 Thread rurpy
On 10/16/2012 10:49 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > > On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 09:27:48 -0700, rurpy wrote about trolls and dicks: No, I wrote about trolls. "dicks" is a highly emotive and almost totally subjective word that I would not use in a rational discussion. Perhaps you were trying to be amusin

RE: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-16 Thread Prasad, Ramit
Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 09:27:48 -0700, rurpy wrote about trolls and dicks: > > > The best advise is to ignore such posts and encourage others to do the > > same. > > If you ignore such posts, how will the poster know they are unacceptable? > > How should somebody distinguis

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-16 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 09:27:48 -0700, rurpy wrote about trolls and dicks: > The best advise is to ignore such posts and encourage others to do the > same. If you ignore such posts, how will the poster know they are unacceptable? How should somebody distinguish between "I am being shunned for actin

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-16 Thread rurpy
On 10/14/2012 10:36 PM, alex23 wrote:> On Oct 15, 1:22 pm, ru...@yahoo.com wrote: >> Thus when a member of this esteemed group >> was recently attacked as racist, for punning another member's >> name when responding somewhat heatedly, > > Again, there is a difference between "attacking" someone "

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-14 Thread alex23
On Oct 15, 1:22 pm, ru...@yahoo.com wrote: > Thus when a member of this esteemed group > was recently attacked as racist, for punning another member's > name when responding somewhat heatedly, Again, there is a difference between "attacking" someone "as racist" and *criticising* their *comments* a

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-14 Thread rurpy
On 10/14/2012 03:58 PM, Ben Finney wrote:> Zero Piraeus writes: >[...] > What's needed, IMO, is a difficult balance: there needs to be calm, > low-volume, but firm response to instances of hostile behaviour, making > clear by demonstration – especially to the people only observing the > discussio

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-14 Thread Michael Torrie
On 10/13/2012 09:46 AM, Etienne Robillard wrote: > OT. you obviously has no clue what agressive behavior mean. :-) > > So please continue with the passive tone saying nothing relevant > and login to facebook. There's a saying in English. Hit pigeons flutter. I have not been impressed with your

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-14 Thread Zero Piraeus
: On 14 October 2012 17:58, Ben Finney wrote: > What's needed, IMO, is a difficult balance: there needs to be calm, > low-volume, but firm response to instances of hostile behaviour, making > clear by demonstration – especially to the people only observing the > discussion – that such hostility i

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-14 Thread alex23
On Oct 14, 3:39 pm, Dwight Hutto wrote: > I'm not a know it all, but when attacked personally I defend myself, > and those can turn into flame wars. I'm not wanting this to turn into another round of flames, but I do want to highlight that there's a big difference between being asked to moderate

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-14 Thread Ben Finney
Zero Piraeus writes: > I'm a mostly passive subscriber to this list - my posts here over the > years could probably be counted without having to take my socks off - > so perhaps I have no right to comment, but I've noticed a marked > increase in aggressive language here lately, so I'm putting my

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-13 Thread Dwight Hutto
I'm not a know it all, but when attacked personally I defend myself, and those can turn into flame wars. Your plonks are irrelevant in terms of an argument ytou shouldn't participate in. These things can get nasty quick. So if you have virgin eyes, then kill file it, but I like to think Ioffer l

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-13 Thread Tim Delaney
> > A response to someone who quotes a trollbot just stating "*Username* is a > trollbot." where *no* further correspondence occurs doesn't seem like > trollbotbait to me, and it makes it easy for people to know who's been > warned. > If properly trimmed, so there is no reference to the troll/bot

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-13 Thread Joshua Landau
On 13 October 2012 22:35, Tim Delaney wrote: > On 14 October 2012 08:22, Roel Schroeven wrote: > >> Zero Piraeus schreef: >> >> : >>> >>> Not sure exactly how to put this ... >>> >>> I'm a mostly passive subscriber to this list - my posts here over the >>> years could probably be counted withou

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-13 Thread Tim Delaney
On 14 October 2012 08:22, Roel Schroeven wrote: > Zero Piraeus schreef: > > : >> >> Not sure exactly how to put this ... >> >> I'm a mostly passive subscriber to this list - my posts here over the >> years could probably be counted without having to take my socks off - >> so perhaps I have no ri

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-13 Thread Roel Schroeven
Zero Piraeus schreef: : Not sure exactly how to put this ... I'm a mostly passive subscriber to this list - my posts here over the years could probably be counted without having to take my socks off - so perhaps I have no right to comment, but I've noticed a marked increase in aggressive langua

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-13 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 2:21 AM, Zero Piraeus wrote: > I'm a mostly passive subscriber to this list - my posts here over the > years could probably be counted without having to take my socks off - > so perhaps I have no right to comment, but I've noticed a marked > increase in aggressive language

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-13 Thread Joshua Landau
On 13 October 2012 16:21, Zero Piraeus wrote: > : > > Not sure exactly how to put this ... > > I'm a mostly passive subscriber to this list - my posts here over the > years could probably be counted without having to take my socks off - > so perhaps I have no right to comment, but I've noticed a

Re: Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-13 Thread Etienne Robillard
On Sat, 13 Oct 2012 11:21:28 -0400 Zero Piraeus wrote: > : > > Not sure exactly how to put this ... > > I'm a mostly passive subscriber to this list - my posts here over the > years could probably be counted without having to take my socks off - > so perhaps I have no right to comment, but I've

Aggressive language on python-list

2012-10-13 Thread Zero Piraeus
: Not sure exactly how to put this ... I'm a mostly passive subscriber to this list - my posts here over the years could probably be counted without having to take my socks off - so perhaps I have no right to comment, but I've noticed a marked increase in aggressive language here lately, so I'm p