From: Dave Burt <burtdav@...>
Date: 2004-11-05T22:43:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby and civil political discussion? (Re: [OT] US Presidential Election)

"Tim Sutherland" <timsuth@ihug.co.nz> wrote...
>
> Personally, I have very strong feelings about the election (unhappy with 
> the
> result). However, if I started discussing it here I would quickly get 
> angry
> and say some harsh and insulting things to people who I otherwise like and
> respect. That was my reason for not contributing to this thread (until 
> now).
> I expect there are others who feel the same way. I value the atmosphere of
> this list too much to engage in this.
>
> This is relevant to Ruby because ... it's like "Broken Window Theory" -
> http://www.artima.com/intv/fixitP.html (interview with Dave'n'Andy).
>
> If the list is civilised, (most) people who join will also want to be
> civilised. If this list was full of flamewars all the time then I would
> certainly be jumping in and smokin' some folks ;-)
>
> Thanks to everyone for the restraint shown in this thread!

Thank you, Tim!