From: "Clinton D. Judy" <cdj@...>
Date: 2008-08-25T23:53:04+09:00
Subject: Re: A Mascot...

Wow, I haven't been in this thread for a while. Getting a little hot in
here.

I won't post about a mascot anymore, I can tell this is apparently a
pretty controversial idea. My closing thoughts: If a mascot is made and
the community rallies behind it, it will happen virally. Someone will
make a mascot on their own (or commission one on their own) anyway, and
if enough people like it, so be it.

Come to think of it, our local meetup might have fun with a locally
themed mascot.

- Clinton

-----Original Message-----
From: MRH [mailto:mauriceroman@gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 10:36 AM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re: A Mascot...


> This thing is going to go on for ever, it's pointless discussing
> issues of community building and taste with someone like you.

If it is pointless it is only because you have clearly demonstrated
that you haven't the slightest clue. This community is driven by an
exceptional programming language the design of which has more taste
than you can fathom. If you could, you would not have kicked off this
thread. I found your focus on a cartoon mascot to be offensive in that
it implicitly belittles the virtues and merits of the Ruby programming
language. The language does not need a cartoon mascot, it stands tall
on its own merit.

> And this thread has gone on way too long, I will no more post on this
thread.

You referred to the amount of discussion as something positive in an
earlier post. What happened pray tell?

> This community is really great, don't want to pollute it with a
> discussion that is going no where.

You already have I am afraid. I must hand it to you, you managed to
irk me (and several other members as far as I can see) and this tends
to be a comparatively cool and laid back crowd.

MRH