On 10/17/2012 12:16 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 3:48 AM, rurpy wrote: >>On 10/16/2012 08:45 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >>> Except that you've made a 180- >>> degree turn from your advice to "ignore" bad behaviour, but apparently >>> didn't notice that *sending private emails* is not by any definition >>> "ignoring". So apparently you don't actually agree with your own advice. >> >> Do you have Asberger's by any chance? Can you understand that >> I said "ignore" in the context of public discussions in this >> newsgroup/maillist? > > That's nothing to do with Asperger's. Ignoring something/someone does > not include sending a private message. What you may be trying to say > is that we should refrain from publicly responding to bad behaviour, > which is not the same thing. If you want to pull a Humpty Dumpty and > use "ignore" to mean "not respond to in public", then go ahead, I'm > not stopping you - but do please make it clear somewhere in your post.
I thought (and think now) that it was quite clear in context that "ignore" was to be taken relative to what was being discussed -- responding in this list. Did you seriously think I meant you weren't supposed even read it? That you must not print it out and burn it in effigy? That you can't mention it to a friend as an example of something that pissed you off that day? That you can't write a blog entry about it? That you can't report it to law enforcement if you thought it was threatening? I see responding privately to the poster in exactly the same vein. Ignore it *on the list*. I hope that makes it clear enough? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
