DIP 1015--Deprecation of Implicit Conversion of Int. & Char. Literals to bool--Formal Assement

[Nicholas Wilson]

On Wednesday, 14 November 2018 at 04:24:20 UTC, Jonathan M Davis 
wrote:
> Given how strong the negative response is to this and how 
> incomprenhensible a number of us find the reasoning behind how 
> bool functions in some scenarios, Walter probably does need to 
> sit back and think about this, but using words like asinine is 
> pretty much always uncalled for in a professional discussion. I 
> can very much understand Isaac's frustration, but making 
> statements like that really is the sort of thing that comes 
> across as attacking the poster and is going to tend to result 
> in folks not listening to your arguments anymore, even if 
> they're well-reasoned and logical. It's already hard enough to 
> convince people when your arguments are solid without getting 
> anything into the mix that could come across as insulting.
>
> - Jonathan M Davis

asinine, adjective: extremely stupid or foolish. Is there some 
additional connotation I am missing on this living 
(comparatively) in the middle of nowhere? (Genuine question.)