I understand a lot of people are upset about the situation but that's a pretty incendiary response, really. Killing is equivalent to criticism? Words have meanings. Words like atrocious and victim become meaningless -- or dilute real horror -- when applied where they don't belong.

The other side of it is the possibility that chromatic is perhaps completely right and a radical attitude is all that will keep half of us in the kinds of jobs we want in another 5 years and more. I *want* to work in Perl and nothing else. I'd rather be an assistant manager at a coffee shop than write Java for a living. I don't know if he's right, nor am I on the lists where exchanges have happened so I may have missed some acrimony. As someone on the sidelines who has benefited from and admires both parties, it seems like a rather normal, low-temperature conflict that has resolved as well as can be expected; Rafael has a great attitude and will continue to participate in a more enjoyable way.

In reply to Re^7: When comment turns into disaster by Your Mother
in thread When comment turns into disaster by Tux

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