Re: [OT] NULL and zeros

This article contains no significant technical content. It is a
continuation of a discussion regarding personal insults. I claim that
it is marginally topical because it has to do with newsgroup
etiquette. Beyond that, I claim personal privilege to respond to
Mr. Gotham's insults. If you want to discuss C, skip this article.

Frederick Gotham <fgothamNO@xxxxxxxx> writes:
Richard Heathfield posted:

When someone accuses *you* of being associated with the political group
responsible for the murder of ten million people in death camps in the
1930s and 1940s, I hope you will have the courage to defend yourself
stalwartly against such an attack, and will not be too upset when foolish
people mock you for doing so.

OK here's where I'm confused. When did I ever indicate that anyone had any
association with a political group, murderers, etc.?

When you called me a fascist.

I used the word, "fascist", to indicate a philosophy of complete power,
forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism.

I have not forcibly suppressed anything. If you claim that I have
done so, you are lying and/or deluded. I merely expressed my opinion,
as everyone here is perfectly entitled to do.

Even if "fascist" meant only what you falsely claim it means, your use
of it to describe me would be false, insulting, libelous, and stupid.

But in fact, the word "fascist" means much more than that, as you
should know perfectly well. I've mentioned the names Mussolini,
Franco, and Hitler in this context before; I won't explain it again.

Words have meanings, even if the person using them refuses to
understand (or pretends not to understand) what he's actually saying.

I condemned Keith's reaction to my usage of "char unsigned". Keith,
rather than simply acknowledging that it was perfectly legal
alternative syntax, berrated me for using it and even went so far as
to rudely label my methods as "perverse" to a new-comer before I
even got a chance to engage in first contact with said new-comer.

I believe I *also* explicitly acknowledged that "char unsigned" is a
legal alternative syntax. Yes, I referred to your use of "char
unsigned" as perverse. That is my *opinion*, and I continue to stand
by it. If you disagree, try making an argument rather than slinging
stupid insults.

I also condemn the way in which he expressed his opinion with regard
to "C==v Vs v==C"; he labelled the alternative way of doing it as
"unbearably ugly".

groups.google.com shows two occurrences of the phrase "unbearably
ugly" in my posts to this newsgroup. Here's the first:

| Personally, I find the reversed form almost unbearably ugly (and not
| particularly useful for "!=") , but I understand the rationale for
| using it. In your program, you don't use it consistently; some tests
| have the constant on the right, some have the constant on the left.
| Consistency is your friend.

Here's the second:

| Yes, you can, but many people, including me, find that style almost
| unbearably ugly.

And you call this "fascist".

I see a pattern of "My way is the only way of doing things,
everything else is crap -- do it my way".

Nonsense. I expressed my opinion. I explicitly stated that it was my
own personal opinion. I acknowledged that contrary opinions are also
valid. I did not force anything on anyone. Seeing this as "fascist",
in any real or imagined sense of the word, is simply incomprehensible.

That's why the word, "fascist", came to mind. It had nothing to do
with politics, murder, etc..

Yes, it most certainly does. Stop being a malicious idiot.

--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@xxxxxxx <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> <http://users.sdsc.edu/~kst>
We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this.
.

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