Aggressive language on python-list

[rurpy at yahoo.com]

On 10/17/2012 02:28 PM, Oscar Benjamin wrote:> On 17 October 2012 19:16, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 3:48 AM,  <rurpy at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>On 10/16/2012 08:45 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>>>> Except that you've made a 180-
>>>> degree turn from your advice to "ignore" bad behaviour, but apparently
>>>> didn't notice that *sending private emails* is not by any definition
>>>> "ignoring". So apparently you don't actually agree with your own advice.
>>>
>>> Do you have Asberger's by any chance?  Can you understand that
>>> I said "ignore" in the context of public discussions in this
>>> newsgroup/maillist?
>>
>> That's nothing to do with Asperger's. Ignoring something/someone does
>> not include sending a private message. What you may be trying to say
>> is that we should refrain from publicly responding to bad behaviour,
>> which is not the same thing. If you want to pull a Humpty Dumpty and
>> use "ignore" to mean "not respond to in public", then go ahead, I'm
>> not stopping you - but do please make it clear somewhere in your post.
> 
> I would also assume that ignoring a post means not replying on or off list.

Then I hope my reply to Chris clarified that for you as well.

> Moreover, I think it's unfortunate for you to make this comment with
> an irrelevant reference to Asperger's syndrome. I'll give you the
> benefit of the doubt that you didn't mean it this way but the comment
> is easily interpreted as being disparaging to people with Asperger's.

Yes, on rereading that, I agree it was uncalled for and I 
retract it and apologize to any who may have been offended 
by it.