Op 12-11-13 10:35, Chris Angelico schreef: > On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 8:34 PM, Mark Lawrence <breamore...@yahoo.co.uk> > wrote: >> On 12/11/2013 05:21, Gregory Ewing wrote: >>> >>> Ned Batchelder wrote: >>>> >>>> I don't know how best to make things better overall. I know that >>>> overlooking Nikos' faults won't do it. >>> >>> >>> If everyone who reached the point where they don't think >>> they can help any more would simply say so in a calm >>> manner and then walk away, that would make things better >>> overall. It wouldn't help *Nikos*, but it would prevent >>> the discussion from degenerating into a flamefest. >>> >>> It takes two to spiral. >>> >> >> In this case three, the OP, the spoon feeders who've tried so hard to help >> on so many occasions, but have consistently seen their help rejected, and >> the responders who finally get fed up. > > And then it all goes meta. This thread hasn't had anything productive > for quite some time now... nor even anything funny.
Well if people disagree about what kind of response is appropiate, then I think discussing that, is productive. At least it is more productive than trying to be funny. -- Antoon Pardon -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
