flaming vs accuracy [was Re: Performance of int/long in Python 3]
Ethan Furman
ethan at stoneleaf.us
Thu Mar 28 16:31:56 EDT 2013
On 03/28/2013 12:54 PM, rurpy at yahoo.com wrote:
> On 03/28/2013 01:48 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:42:18 -0700, rusi wrote:
> For someone who delights in pointing out the logical errors
> of others you are often remarkably sloppy in your own logic.
>
> Of course language can be both helpful and excessively strong.
> That is the case when language less strong would be
> equally or more helpful.
It can also be the case when language less strong would be useless.
> Further, "liar" is both so non-objective and so pejoratively
> emotive that it is a word much more likely to be used by
> someone interested in trolling than in a serious discussion,
> so most sensible people here likely would not bite.
Non-objective? If today poster B says X, and tomorrow poster B says s/he was unaware of X until just now, is not "liar"
a reasonable conclusion?
>> I hope that we all agree that we want a nice, friendly, productive
>> community where everyone is welcome.
>
> I hope so too but it is likely that some people want a place
> to develop and assert some sense of influence, engage in verbal
> duels, instigate arguments, etc. That can be true of regulars
> here as well as drive-by posters.
>
>> But some people simply cannot or
>> will not behave in ways that are compatible with those community values.
>> There are some people whom we *do not want here*
>
> In other words, everyone is NOT welcome.
Correct. Do you not agree?
>> -- spoilers and messers,
>> vandals and spammers and cheats and liars and trolls and crackpots of all
>> sorts.
>
> Where those terms are defined by you and a handful of other
> voracious posters. "Troll" in particular is often used to
> mean someone who disagrees with the borg mind here, or who
> says anything negative about Python, or who due attitude or
> lack of full English fluency do not express themselves in
> a sufficiently submissive way.
I cannot speak for the borg mind, but for myself a troll is anyone who continually posts rants (such as RR & XL) or who
continuously hijacks threads to talk about their pet peeve (such as jmf).
>> We only disagree as to the best way to make it clear to them that
>> they are not welcome so long as they continue their behaviour.
>
> No, we disagree on who fits those definitions and even
> how tolerant we are to those who do fit the definitions.
> The policing that you and a handful of other self-appointed
> net-cops try to do is far more obnoxious that the original
> posts are.
I completely disagree, and I am grateful to those who bother to take the time to continually point out the errors from
those posters and to warn newcomers that those posters should not be believed.
> Believe or not, most of the rest of us here are smart enough to
> form our own opinions of such posters without you and the other
> c.l.p truthsquad members telling us what to think.
If one of my first few posts on c.l.p netted a response from a troll I would greatly appreciate a reply from one of the
regulars saying that was a troll so I didn't waste time trying to use whatever they said, or be concerned that the
language I was trying to use and learn was horribly flawed.
If the "truthsquad" posts are so offensive to you, why don't you kill-file them?
--
~Ethan~
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