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James Potts wrote: |
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> I hate to put it to you this way, but if you give people an inch, |
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> they'll take a mile. Yes, political correctnes is unproductive. This |
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> is why decisions like the one made here need to be thought out better |
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> before being made. But once the decision is made, it should be |
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> applied equally, or not at all. |
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"If you give people an inch, they'll take a mile." What's there to take? |
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Freedom to work on stuff that they like to work on? |
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> As for the decision that led to this mess, I'd like to see it on the |
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> agenda for the next Council meeting. I really don't agree with it (or |
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> rather the way it was worded), and I can see others don't either. |
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> Unfortunately, I don't know if I have the authority to request this, |
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> since I'm not a dev. |
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Right. So you agree with the intention, but not with the wording. This |
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is exactly what I'm after. At least here in Europe, judges have to |
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'interprete' the law. They judge whether somebody is guilty or not based |
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on the _intentions_ that are behind the law. If the law has flaws in its |
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wording, nobody cares about it, because the _intentions_ are important, |
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not the wording. |
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This wording vs. intentions makes this whole thing really ridiculous. It |
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makes you look like being nitpicking, even if you aren't. |
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Kind Regards, |
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Simon Stelling |
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Gentoo/AMD64 Developer |
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