re bad leadership

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <yTedznATrXX7Ew7W at jessikat.fsnet.co.uk>,
Robin Becker  <robin at jessikat.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <mailman.995979252.31899.python-list at python.org>, Chris
>Gonnerman <chris.gonnerman at newcenturycomputers.net> writes
>>
>>I'm guessing here, but I'd bet from the tone of his postings that Robin
>>means
>>
>>    Malevolent Dictator For Life
>>
>>While I'm not happy with Guido over this change (because it makes cross-
>>version code very ugly, and introduces errors in meaning that may be hard
>>to detect) I would not call him such a rude name.
>
>when the Gods smile upon us they are benevolent, when lighting strikes
>they are malevolent. They are still Gods. Luckily we only have
>dictators. Sometimes the dictatorship is good, sometimes bad it's still
>a dictatorship.

While there's a saying about what the road to Hell is paved with, I
think it's still in poor taste -- not to mention downright rude -- to
refer to the person who gave us Python as "malevolent" when it's pretty
clear that he's *trying* to improve things, no matter how much you
disagree.

Heated words and vociferous arguments are one thing, but descending to
insults weakens your argument *at* *best*.  You won't accomplish
anything that way, except possibly hardening the position of those
opposing you.
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