From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2008-01-03T22:02:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Zed Shaw - Ruby has dodged a bullet

On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 12:31:39PM +0900, James Britt wrote:
> Jay Levitt wrote:
> >On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 17:58:51 -0500, Giles Bowkett wrote:
> >
> >>I think that's why Rails has issues. "What would DHH do?" Well, he'd
> >>probably flip you the bird or something. Very very good leadership in
> >>terms of generating buy-in can be very very bad leadership in terms of
> >>setting the tone.
> >
> >Exactly.  
> >
> >Great as it may be, I think the word "opinionated" has a tendency to lead
> >people down two different, equally incorrect garden paths:
> 
> There's a fine line between opinionated and bigoted.

There can be -- but "opinionated" is often good, too.  There's more to a
personality than the strength of its held opinions.

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your sources. Appeal to logic and he fails to see your point."