On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohn...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Monday, July 14, 2014 5:47:14 PM UTC-5, MRAB wrote: >> Why it should "they" withdraw it (whatever that means)? >> "They" are entitled to keep it public if they want to. > > I'm not suggesting they *must* withdraw Python, I'm only > suggesting that IF they wish to *prevent* dissent or scrutiny, > then the only remedy they can employ is to "withdraw" the > language from public view.
Python 3 stands up just fine to scrutiny, and dissent is a normal part of life. > I'm merely highlighting the difference between public and > private property. Python is currently public property, and > just as a public park is open to whoever wishes to visit, so > too is the the Python language. Python is not public property. Whatever gave you that idea? > I've seen this "vulgar display of animosity" before, > predominately in short, angry white women driving > "Scandinavian armored personnel carriers" (aka: Volvo), with > closely trimmed eyebrows, and beaming scowls of superiority > down on the "little people" as she transports her "honor > role student" to school at twenty miles below the speed > limit! Wow. There is just so much US-centrism in that paragraph... I don't understand half of it half as well as I'd like, and I like less than half of it half as well as it deserves. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
