Ideas about how software should behave

[Michael Torrie]

On 11/09/2017 09:33 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 2:14 AM, Rurpy via Python-list
> <python-list at python.org> wrote:
>> On 11/08/2017 11:29 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>> [...]
>>> Please, Jon, accept that we were not deliberately trying
>>> to put you down. Steve, if you can clearly state your position on this
>>> (possibly worded in the form of an apology?), it would go a long way
>>> to clearing this up.
>>> ChrisA
>>
>> Are you the same ChrisA who wrote in this very list just a month ago
>> towards a poster you disagreed with:
>>
>>  "Yep. Good reasons like that you're a moron." [*]
> 
> If I said that, there's more to it than just that I disagreed with the person.

But how does that justify the comment? Sounds like a rationalization to
me. A little humility on all our parts goes a long ways.  One can
apologize for offense taken, even if none was intended, and even if my
own opinion is still strongly held.