From: pharrington Date: 2009-08-25T04:45:13+09:00 Subject: Re: _why's "suicide" note? On Aug 24, 3:24 pm, Glen Holcomb wrote: > 2009/8/24 Robert Dober > > > > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 7:15 PM, pharrington wrote: > > > On Aug 24, 10:45 am, Graham Agnew wrote: > > >> Just found this as _why's last tweet on the Google cached copy of _why's > > >> twitter account: > > > >> "burying myself feet first in the woods with the hope that this will > > >> lead to a career as a much beloved and sought after mouth-under-a-rock" > > > >>http://74.125.77.132/search?q=cache:NoVO3FqLZSoJ:twitter.com/_Why > > >> -- > > >> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > > > "Ruby mailing list," not "internet celebrity gossip board." > > > > Please stop this. > > No please do not. I respectfully disagree with your POV. The sequence > > of the twitter messages of _Why is *alarming* I do not like this. I > > would love if _why had the courage to "email" privately to me. I have > > the feeling he needs to talk. Talking is incredibly powerful, even > > more powerful than Ruby. > > But I really do not like this, maybe someone a little more qualified > > than me would like to say something. > > I feel a little bit dissapointed that "OMG we will lose Hapricot" ( > > which would be bad, but will not happen ) is more important than "OMG > > we lose _Why". > > > _Why cannot be cloned. > > > Yours thoughtfully. > > Robert > > > -- > > module Kernel > >  alias_method :ë, :lambda > > end > > I would have to agree with Robert.  Above that though isn't this an easy > problem to fix by simply applying a human filter?  If they subject is about > _Why then one could choose to not read the message. > > This is a community after all and part of the community has gone missing, > doesn't matter if that part is a person or not.  What matters is that it > was/they were a part. > > -- > "Hey brother Christian with your high and mighty errand, Your actions speak > so loud, I can¢t hear a word you¢re saying." > > -Greg Graffin (Bad Religion) I suppose I'm coming from the position of 1) If _why really *does* end himself, I'd much have the news come from an actual report (since he's identity's not exactly secret now) than trying to interpret a cryptic tweet. 2) If he *doesn't* end himself, then this sort of discussion is of absolutely no help what-so-ever, and is just sensationalist BS I'm obviously not against mourning anyone, its just that a thread like seems like it can only result in a collaborate choose-your-own- adventure game, except the foundation being a real, apparently very troubled, human life. There's a pretty big difference between interest and blatant disrespect.