Ideas about how software should behave

[Ben Finney]

Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet at unequivocal.eu> writes:

> On 2017-11-04, Ben Finney <ben+python at benfinney.id.au> wrote:
> > To respond to the criticism of an idea – criticism containing no
> > mention of the person – as though it “clearly refers to the
> > [person]”, is of significant concern on a software dicussion forum
> > such as this.
>
> No, the thing that is "of significant conern on a software discussion
> forum such as this" is people such as yourself defending the abuse of
> other contributors.

I have defended no such thing, because there was no such abuse of any
person in what you quoted.

Ideas are not people, and ideas do not automatically deserve respect
merely because some people hold those ideas.

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Ben Finney