[melbourne-pug] It's the dead of winter, of course you want to MPUG!

[Ryan Verner]

Don't feed the troll.

On 27/06/2011, at 21:11 , William ML Leslie wrote:

> At Mon, 27 Jun 2011 20:52:07 +1000,
> Andrew Thornton wrote:
>> I am sure that you won't have any problems finding speakers. Mr
>> Dewhirst could always give a speech on why he thinks that django is
>> better than the other umpteen web application frameworks. On second
>> thoughts, don't allow him to ever give such a talk; I get no joy out
>> of someone looking like a fool for saying something that's utterly
>> indefensible.
> 
> I can't find that quote in my logs.
> 
> Yet, so what?  People will have opinions that differ from yours.  If
> you write a whiny email for every time someone is wrong on the
> internet, you will be very busy.  You won't have time to get around to
> statements you merely disagree with.
> 
> There is one exception: where people are wrong because they are simply
> not aware of some of the issues involved.  But ultimately, if people
> don't want to learn, there is nothing you can teach them.
> 
> Besides, there are far more interesting points to argue about.
> 
>> I will bang on about this point till the year dot. I would NEVER
>> make such a statement. Not Cake, not asp.NET, not ROR, not
>> anything. To say what Mike said is as dumb as saying that the only
>> car that's worth driving is say, a F1 Ferrari race car. Just because
>> it's faster than a dune buggy doesn't preclude the dune buggy from
>> doing stuff that a Ferrari can not do.
> 
> Good for you, I guess.
> 
>> One tip in life: do not make stupid absolutist statements around
>> arts graduates like myself. We know how to think. We haven't spent
>> our lives staring at pointers.
> 
> Sorry, elitism doesn't impress anybody.  Qualifications don't mean a
> thing if you aren't saying anything meaningful after all.  In fact, if
> you are, they don't mean anything either.
> 
> I think I'm not the only one that is getting tired of these pointless
> and off-topic personal attacks, especially because they are ruining
> the mood of the PUG.  Please consider directing your energy elsewhere.
> 
> William ML Leslie
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