is laziness a programer's virtue?

Ingo Menger quetzalcotl at consultant.com
Wed Apr 18 05:18:49 EDT 2007


On 18 Apr., 01:54, Lew <l... at nospam.lewscanon.com> wrote:
> Markus E Leypold
>
> >> Trying to correct Xah's behaviour is probably impossible.
> Ingo Menger wrote:
> > Perhaps somebody could ask the chinese government to put him in jail
> > for "hurting international society" :)
>
> Y'know, even in jest, calling for an oppressive regime to suppress even
> wrong-headed and self-serving garbage self-expression is immoral and horrible.

You're right. I confess this joke was going too far.

> Free speech, free press and free expression of ideas is not something to take
> so lightly.

I'm with you on this point.
But, since the biggest crime in Xah Lee's opinion apparently is
"harming" and "damaging" society through expression of ideas, it must
be possible to judge him by his own standards.





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