1-line idiom to replace if blocks

[Y2KYZFR1]

"James J. Besemer" <jb at cascade-sys.com> wrote in message news:<mailman.1043402569.23617.python-list at python.org>...
> Y2KYZFR1 wrote:
> 
> > It does not show how clever you are, just how lazy and inconsiderate
> > you are. I have fired people for less than this personally!
> 
> Then I'd say you're lucky if you haven't been sued for wrongful termination. 
>      ;o)  Or perhaps you're luckily not subject to all the same rules that 
> constrain managers in the US.
> 
I live in a Right to Work state, no reason is needed to fire someone,
unlike some of the more socialist states in the union . . . and even
if I didn't, not following instructions such as style guides is more
than enough "reason" to fire someone.