Unexpected Python Behavior

[Michael Hoffman]

[Andrea Griffini]
 >[Greg Ewing]
>>[Alex Martelli]
>>>I think it's in fact very nice syntax:
>>This is a hack. Don't do it.
> Who are you to question what Him, the Great Alex, says about it ?

Who are you to question what Greg Ewing says?

I'm having trouble figuring out whether the rest of this message is 
supposed to be ironic or sarcastic or something. I can say with 
certainty that it is pretty silly.
-- 
Michael Hoffman