Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group

2015-01-24 Thread alister
On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 14:40:15 -0800, sohcahtoa82 wrote: > On Monday, January 19, 2015 at 4:16:13 PM UTC-8, Luke Tomaneng wrote: >> Has anyone noticed these? There have been about three of them recently >> and they don't seem to have anything to do with Python at all. Does >> anyone know if there is

Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group

2015-01-23 Thread Rick Johnson
On Friday, January 23, 2015 at 6:05:02 AM UTC-6, Chris Angelico wrote: > It's definitely not "state vs non-state". Freedom of > expression should allow me to say anything I like in my > own home I also hereby declare that man should be free to ponder thoughts in his own mind, and sing in his own s

Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group

2015-01-23 Thread Terry Reedy
On 1/23/2015 5:40 PM, sohcahto...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, January 19, 2015 at 4:16:13 PM UTC-8, Luke Tomaneng wrote: Has anyone noticed these? There have been about three of them recently and they don't seem to have anything to do with Python at all. Does anyone know if there is a good rea

Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group

2015-01-23 Thread sohcahtoa82
On Monday, January 19, 2015 at 4:16:13 PM UTC-8, Luke Tomaneng wrote: > Has anyone noticed these? There have been about three of them recently and > they don't seem to have anything to do with Python at all. Does anyone know > if there is a good reason they are here? My question is, does anyone

Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group

2015-01-23 Thread Ben Finney
Steven D'Aprano writes: > Ben Finney wrote: > > > Freedom of expression entails an obligation on the state to not > > quash anyone's expression. It does not affect anyone who is not the > > state; it imposes no obligation on the PSF. > > By this reasoning, you would be perfectly comfortable with

Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group

2015-01-23 Thread Ben Finney
Steven D'Aprano writes: > Ben Finney wrote: > > > Freedom of expression entails an obligation on the state to not > > quash anyone's expression. It does not affect anyone who is not the > > state; it imposes no obligation on the PSF. > > By this reasoning, you would be perfectly comfortable with

Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group

2015-01-23 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 10:50 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> Freedom of expression entails an obligation on the state to not quash >> anyone's expression. It does not affect anyone who is not the state; it >> imposes no obligation on the PSF. > > By this reasoning, you would be perfectly comfortabl

Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group

2015-01-23 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Ben Finney wrote: > Chris Angelico writes: > >> On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Rick Johnson >> wrote: >> > That's the beauty of free speech: "We have right to be annoyed, and >> > the author has the right not to give a damn". The only alternative >> > is fascist censorship, and I'll happily

Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group

2015-01-20 Thread Denis McMahon
On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:15:58 -0800, Luke Tomaneng wrote: > Has anyone noticed these? There have been about three of them recently > and they don't seem to have anything to do with Python at all. Does > anyone know if there is a good reason they are here? Abusive spam from idiots. I have a regex t

RE: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group

2015-01-20 Thread Clayton Kirkwood
>-Original Message- >From: Python-list [mailto:python-list- >bounces+crk=godblessthe...@python.org] On Behalf Of Rick Johnson >Sent: Monday, January 19, 2015 8:06 PM >To: python-list@python.org >Subject: Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group > >On Monday, Januar

Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group

2015-01-20 Thread Paul Rudin
Rick Johnson writes: > No one here would justify a public business refusing to > serve or employ a person based on race, religion, sex, or > otherwise. Depends on what you mean by "or otherwise". > So why would you so easily discriminate against speech? People discriminate amongst prospective

Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group

2015-01-19 Thread Rick Johnson
On Monday, January 19, 2015 at 8:16:01 PM UTC-6, Ben Finney wrote: > Freedom of expression entails an obligation on the state > to not quash anyone's expression. It does not affect > anyone who is not the state; it imposes no obligation on > the PSF. [...] So a forum such as this can block obnoxiou

Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group

2015-01-19 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 2:50 PM, Rick Johnson wrote: > Of course the "kill file" has such a gloriously revengeful > sound to it though! ;-) http://bofh.ntk.net/BOFH//bastard-sm2.php ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group

2015-01-19 Thread Rick Johnson
On Monday, January 19, 2015 at 7:55:11 PM UTC-6, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Rick Johnson wrote: > > That's the beauty of free speech: "We have right to be > > annoyed, and the author has the right not to give a damn". > > The only alternative is fascist censorship, an

Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group

2015-01-19 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 20/01/2015 00:15, Luke Tomaneng wrote: Has anyone noticed these? There have been about three of them recently and they don't seem to have anything to do with Python at all. Does anyone know if there is a good reason they are here? I've never seen any of these reading gmane.comp.python.gen

Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group

2015-01-19 Thread Ben Finney
Chris Angelico writes: > On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Rick Johnson > wrote: > > That's the beauty of free speech: "We have right to be annoyed, and > > the author has the right not to give a damn". The only alternative > > is fascist censorship, and I'll happily endure these annoyances to >

Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group

2015-01-19 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Rick Johnson wrote: > That's the beauty of free speech: "We have right to be > annoyed, and the author has the right not to give a damn". > The only alternative is fascist censorship, and I'll happily > endure these annoyances to prevent that! Free speech also gi

Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group

2015-01-19 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Luke Tomaneng wrote: > Has anyone noticed these? There have been about three of them recently and > they don't seem to have anything to do with Python at all. Does anyone > know if there is a good reason they are here? They're spam, and depending on how you are accessing this group you may or ma

Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group

2015-01-19 Thread Rick Johnson
On Monday, January 19, 2015 at 6:16:13 PM UTC-6, Luke Tomaneng wrote: > Has anyone noticed [uppercase post content]? There have > been about three of them recently and they don't seem to > have anything to do with Python at all. Does anyone know > if there is a good reason they are here? A "good r

Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group

2015-01-19 Thread Rustom Mody
On Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 5:52:54 AM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 11:15 AM, Luke Tomaneng wrote: > > Has anyone noticed these? There have been about three of them recently and > > they don't seem to have anything to do with Python at all. Does anyone know > > i

Re: Random ALL CAPS posts on this group

2015-01-19 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 11:15 AM, Luke Tomaneng wrote: > Has anyone noticed these? There have been about three of them recently and > they don't seem to have anything to do with Python at all. Does anyone know > if there is a good reason they are here? > I haven't seen them. My guess is they're