From: David Ross <dross@...>
Date: 2004-11-04T11:35:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby and civil political discussion? (Re: [OT] US Presidential Election)

Dave Burt wrote:

>"David Morton" <mortonda@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>Nevertheless, as others have said, knowing someone else on this list
>>is for Kerry doesn't change my opinion of them, and this list has
>>earned my respect for being much more civil and intelligent than many
>>other language or technology lists.  Thank you all for that. :)
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>I'm _very_ impressed by the civility of this thread. It's almost as if 
>ruby-talk is real people, not just online hermits who cannot care about each 
>other by nature/. I seriously cannot recall any online political debate this 
>flameless.
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>Why? Is it something about Ruby? I feel sure, with the representation in 
>this thread of the list, there's a correlation to be made. Age? Are you guys 
>older than /.ers?
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>"Ruby: polite people's programming language of choice" ?
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>"Ruby: programming for people, not just geeks" ? 
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you are right, its suprising. Even on newsgroups the slight mention of 
politics, likenesses, etc would result in trolls or being called a troll.

+1 for R-T

David Ross
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