(Still OT) Nationalism, language and monoculture [was Re: Python Worst Practices]

[Marko Rauhamaa]

llanitedave <llanitedave at birdandflower.com>:

> Seems the ultimate in irony when a language invented by a Dutchman and
> named after a British comedy troupe gets bogged down in an argument
> about whether its users are sufficiently "American".

No, the ultimate irony is that people don't understand what is being
talked about.

Reminds me of a situation decades back when a (Lutheran) Finnish
theology professor was suspected of heresy. It went like this:

   Faithful Crowd: The professor won't accept the truth of the Bible
      even though the Bible states it is the word of God.

   Professor: You are saying the Bible is true because it says so. If
      that is a valid criterion, the Quran is even more obviously true.

   Faithful Crowd: Did you hear that! The professor's saying the Quran
      is truer than the Bible!


Marko

PS Before you get out your pitchforks, please note that this posting is
*not* making a statement on the truth in the Bible and/or the Quran.