LOL pow(funny, sys.maxint) On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 6:27 PM, Daniel Fetchinson <fetchin...@googlemail.com > wrote:
> >>> This is a short complaint on admin abuse on #python irc channel on > >>> freenode.net. > >> > >> Let's see, you are complaining about getting banned from #python by > >> CROSS-POSTING between c.l.py and comp.lang.lisp. From my POV, that's > >> grounds for extending the IRC ban permanently. > > > > It certainly doesn't inspire any confidence that Xah's next trip to > > #python is likely to last much longer than the last. > > Some humanity, please! If you look at the web page of the guy it > really strikes me as a poor bastard who deserves more pity than > bashing. IRC, newsgroups, email, web page, etc, these are the only > things that this guy is doing, if you take these things away from him > I don't know what will be left for him. Yes, he is annoying, yes, he > is trolling, but if this prevents him from jumping under the bus, then > I'd say let him do it. How many serial trolls are there on c.l.p? Not > many. The average troll should of course be kicked out from > everywhere, but guys like Xah are really rare and on humanitarian > grounds I think should be allowed to do their things. If you really > think about it the damage is not that great. > > In medieval times 99% of crazy people (using a loose definition of > crazy) were either executed or tortured and executed, however, the one > lonely village clown or court clown was allowed to be crazy, he even > had a decent income from the king. I'm not suggesting a stipend for > Xah from the PSF :) but having a single c.l.p clown is tolerable if it > makes him happy. > > Cheers, > Daniel > > > > -- > Psss, psss, put it down! - http://www.cafepress.com/putitdown > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
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