Joshua Landau <joshua.landau...@gmail.com> writes: > On 2 July 2013 13:01, Antoon Pardon <antoon.par...@rece.vub.ac.be> wrote: > > Please answer the following question. If someone behaved > > incompetently, how can I clearly state that fact when > > "incompetently" is seen as an insult and insults don't belong on the > > list? > > There is not ever a place on this list where you will need to call > someone incompetent.
So even if that term describes their behaviour and manner, you think no-one should ever point it out? > > So what are the non-insulting terms for > > > > incompentent, (starting a webservice in a language you're a newby in, > > making changes on the life server so that any typo you make, can take > > your site out the air), > > You just did it. So you agree the correct term to use *is* “incompetent”, as Anton said. Yet you don't want Anton to use the correct term. Needless to say, I disagree with your position. There is no place for baseless insults in this community; but when the behaviour of someone in this community is harmful, then it is entirely appropriate to use clear terms (e.g. “incompetent”, “inconsiderate”) to describe their behaviour. -- \ “One bad programmer can easily create two new jobs a year. | `\ Hiring more bad programmers will just increase our perceived | _o__) need for them.” —David Lorge Parnas, 1999-03 | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
