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There's an important distinction between "we don't negotiate with terrorists" and "we will never implement a worthwhile feature if it was requested in a disresp
by dpritchett 15y ago
There's an important distinction between "we don't negotiate with terrorists" and "we will never implement a worthwhile feature if it was requested in a disrespectful manner".
Take the Zed Shaw + dongml story [1]. Zed's behavior was silly, but the loophole needed to be closed regardless and so it was.
[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2601342 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2601342