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Politeness? The reply might have be forceful, might have use the word bullshit, but it what way did he offend anyone? I thought he hit the nail on the head. I
by jussij 14y ago
Politeness? The reply might have be forceful, might have use the word bullshit, but it what way did he offend anyone?
I thought he hit the nail on the head.
It's no body else’s business but your own what you choose to put in GitHub.
- vacri 14y agoCalling someone's writings "bullshit" is pretty much the same as calling someone's code "eye-bleeding" -> "your product is of such low value it's worthless" Those that claim the genesis of this whole issue is offensive should take equal offense to the "bullshit" line.
- jussij 14y agoI think that is drawing a fairly long bow. I read his use of the word bullshit as effectively saying rubbish, only in a more colourful way. So to paraphrase the OP I read him as saying: Rubbish, I don't agree with you and here is a list of reasons why?
- CodeMage 14y agoI assume that "rubbish" or "bullshit" refer to what the other person said, so when you expand that paraphrase it turns out like this: "What you said is rubbish. I don't agree with you and here is a list of reasons why." Now, can you tell me what value there is in the "What you said is rubbish" part? Let's go one step further: what do you lose by omitting that part? Mind, I'm just as sick as the next guy of the whole "we must never be negative", politically correct thought police that has been taking politeness to unrecognizable and unreasonable extremes. Sometimes there are good reasons to be aggressive or less than polite, but "sometimes" is not the same as "always" or "most of the time" or "as often as I feel like it".
- jussij 14y ago> what do you lose by omitting that part? Sure, there are many ways the OP could have phrased his response. Personally, I don't think the approach use to attack someone else's point of view is that important, provided the attack is aimed at the message and not the messenger. In this case I don't think the OP said anything about the messenger.
- vacri 14y agoI agree with you: "rubbish" is the same as "bullshit". It's still saying "what you've said is worthless". I don't have a problem with it, but it is the same semantics as what started this whole issue - though he does expand into a list of reasons (which isn't possible on twitter).
- jussij 14y agoI think you are reading too much into the term "bullshit". Now, granted the word can take on different levels of intensity depending on the circumstances in which it is used. But it can and is used in general conversation and in that context it means nothing more than "I don't agree with you". At least that is how the term bullshit is used here in Australia.
- vacri 14y agoI am also Australian. :) For what it's worth, I think most of the commentors are reading far too much into "this is an eye-bleeding script*. I've seen people hurt by having what they've said called 'bullshit' by someone they respect; it's capable of emotional harm as well. That being said, let's not walk on eggshells.
- yycom 14y agoOne way to see if words are synonyms is to apply them to compound terms. In this case, "bullshit artist" is something that "rubbish artist" isn't.