decorator syntax polling suggestion

[Jeremy Bowers]

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 16:49:53 +1000, Anthony Baxter wrote:
> The
> people who hate pie-decorators post a _lot_ - most people seem to either
> not care, or else post once or twice and then disappear.

I just posted on another mailing list about how posting the same message,
over and over, is fundamentally offensive; it implies the belief, from
whatever the source, that the poster needs to "show you the light" and if
they just keep pounding on it, they'll eventually blast through your
ignorance. People who internalize this will not look loud in a debate, so
it is important to not just look at volume. 

(My call: Hated it at first, waded through the arguments and alternatives,
now agree with the syntax as is.)