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

[Rustom Mody]

On Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 6:46:32 PM UTC+5:30, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
> llanitedave :
> 
> > 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!
> 

Ha! Ha!!
Reminds me of Bertrand Russel's:
Man is said to be a logical animal.
All my life Ive tried to find evidence of that.