Antoon Pardon <antoon.par...@rece.vub.ac.be> writes: > Op 03-11-13 06:17, Steven D'Aprano schreef: > > I'm trying hard to give up threads like this, where people debate > > the subjective tone of an email and ever more pedantic arguments > > about the precise wording. Even when all participants are arguing in > > good faith, they risk becoming quagmires which go nowhere in dozens > > of posts. > > So it seems you want this to be a welcoming community, as long as we > don't propose you to change your own behaviour.
We aim to be a community that always welcomes diversity of people. This does not entail always welcoming bad behaviour. Steven is aiming to change his behaviour to make the community more welcoming of people: he is aiming to cease contributing to threads where the bad behaviour is an interminable discussion of tone and pedantry. This is, as I see it, wholly compatible with making the community more welcoming to people, by reducing the volume of such threads. -- \ Eccles: “I just saw the Earth through the clouds!” Lew: “Did | `\ it look round?” Eccles: “Yes, but I don't think it saw me.” | _o__) —The Goon Show, _Wings Over Dagenham_ | Ben Finney -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
