Article discussing Go, could well be D

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 6/10/11 4:08 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> "Jeff Nowakowski"<jeff at dilacero.org>  wrote in message
> news:ist8n0$1952$1 at digitalmars.com...
>>
>> You still didn't need to pass judgment on what is notable or not in their
>> later careers.
>
> Why the hell can't I? Is there some "thought police" I don't know about?
>
> *He* passed judgement on the guy's earlier career. And *you* said "Maybe
> because he has done things of note since?" so clearly, *you're* passing
> judgement on his later career.
>
> Oh, I see, passing judgement is only ok when the verdict happens to be
> "thumbs up"...

Fair point. It corroborates well with the advice I got from a specialist 
in public speaking - avoid saying "Good question" in preface to your 
response to a question. His argument was that that's a signal you pass 
judgment on the question itself (albeit positively), and others may feel 
uncomfortable that you'd judge their own question poorly.

Anyway, perhaps it's not worth to escalate this any further. My opinion 
("judgment" :o)) is that there are things one says over a beer to a 
friend, things that one says to a near-stranger (notorious or not) in a 
social setting, and things that one shares on the net. I think it's 
reasonable to ascribe to human nature that the three sets are different 
without a thought police being necessary.


Andrei