Walter's annoying habits

[Georg Wrede]

Stewart Gordon wrote:
> What is is with you people?  OK, so a few of you did start to take it
> seriously in the end.  But still, what is all the joking about?

Now is not the time for this. Wait till the 1.0 dust has settled, which 
would be about late February or early March.

> And to those bringing up the statement that we haven't paid for this 
> product, in a sense we have.  We've paid with the time spent evaluating 
> D and DMD, reporting bugs and offering suggestions.

This is Walter's language. Period.

If someone contributes, they understand that such contributions are 
considered only if or when it suits Walter.

If that doesn't suit some folks, they're free to go.

> Moreover, freedom of speech doesn't come at any price. 

Freedom of speech doesn't exist. It's a phrase mostly used in the U.S. I 
can't go tell the big guy he's ugly. If I do, he'll kick my teeth. On a 
banquet with G. Bush, you can't go tell him what you think of his 
foreign policy. If you do, secret service men will take you away.

Here you actually can try to raise mutiny, time after time. But most of 
us hope that you'd go create your own language empire and make your own 
rules of Free Speech there.

> If somebody came 
> back from town and reported that there was a lot of anti-social 
> behaviour or something of that ilk going on, would you tell them to shut 
> up because they haven't paid for the privilege of walking through town?

No. But I hope I could tell the anti-social one to either behave or go away.